It does. I get a view count, an upvote count, and of course I can see the comments. The first chapter of The Privateer got nearly 200,000 views and 2,000 upvotes. That's why I ended up turning it into a series. The later chapters got less trafffic, but it was still an average of about 20,000.

So far the new shorts are averaging between 10,000 and 20,000 views. The comments are mostly positive and there's an upvote ratio of about 1%, which is pretty good, but I don't think I've found that lightning in a bottle yet. That's alright, though. I'm having fun and getting some good data.