>From what I read in another thread, Cassandra isn't used for isn't 'ideal' for keeping track of counts.
For example, I would undertand this to mean keeping track of which stories were dugg. If this is true, how would a site like digg keep track of the 'dugg' counter? Also, I am assuming with eventual consistancy the number *may* not be 100% accurate. If you wanted it to be accurate, would you just use the Quorom flag? (I believe quorom is to ensure all writes are written to disk)