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Comparing the popularity of a default sub to a NSFW sub using subscriber counts is a horrible argument. New accounts get subscribed to the defaults automatical
by mizzack 8y ago
Comparing the popularity of a default sub to a NSFW sub using subscriber counts is a horrible argument.
New accounts get subscribed to the defaults automatically -- hence the top ~50 subreddits by sub count are or were defaults.
"User Activity" is probably more accurate. Even then, how are they determining activity? Views? Comments? Up/downvotes?
- belorn 8y agoI think you can read a lot of intent and purpose of a website if the default is directing people to cat pictures. Regardless of defaults, I doubt there is a single metric that show that porn on reddit is more popular than cat pictures. There is doubt in any method that collect metrics, but if we define them as insignificant then the same metric can not later then be used to say that porn is significant on reddit. Uncertainty cut both ways. Subscriptions can be bots, could be mistakes, might be from users not reading the site, or simply made up. Same goes for view counts or "activity".
- Spooky23 8y agoPorn or nasty subcultures doesn't need to be "more popular" than cat pictures. And subscriptions is only one dimension of use. Check out this marketing pitch for Reddit ads. https://www.slideshare.net/webjoe/reddit-26009093 https://www.slideshare.net/webjoe/reddit-26009093 Think of the dimensions of use here. I'm sure cat pictures get lots of hits, but I doubt cat pictures drive 20m average visit time.