As far as views, if a story has ten chapters and a hundred views, I take that into account. It tells me readers aren't connecting, and I'll read chapter comments to see if that is in fact correct. I don't see 'views' as worthless, personally. As far as 'old stuff', I see no difference in when a story was written. A good story is a good story. I've read a crap ton of the older works, especially before I began writing, and they were incredibly inspirational to me when I did start writing, not to mention often thoroughly entertaining. I feel I owe those older works something. To dismiss them seems an injustice to ourselves and to them. We have plenty of tools here to help us decide what to spend our time on, and each one is valid. Just saying.