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t_d at its peak was almost as big as politics, now that was not something I expected. Before SandersForPresident was archived when he lost the nomination it was
by css 8y ago
t_d at its peak was almost as big as politics, now that was not something I expected. Before SandersForPresident was archived when he lost the nomination it was about the same size as t_d.
Would be really neat to select a single sub or group of subs and generate a line chart of the same data.
- Mahn 8y agoA lot of what goes on in t_d is artificial, so the actual size of the community is probably a lot less than what it appears here.
- css 8y ago[citation needed]
- rcpt 8y agoNot proof of bots but that subreddit definitely exhibits some unusual voting patterns http://ryancompton.net/2016/08/07/upvotes-over-time-by-subreddit-or-why-the_donald-is-always-on-the-front-page-of-reddit/ http://ryancompton.net/2016/08/07/upvotes-over-time-by-subre...
- css 8y agoThat data is pretty interesting. I am not sure how surprising it is since in the election days the t_d discord was pretty good at vote brigading their own posts, which might explain that difference. I wonder if the sub still follows that pattern.
- geowwy 8y agoProbably not bots. In those days they actively encouraged upvoting everything as a way of gaming the front page algorithm.
- Karunamon 8y agoA more charitable take would be they encourage upvoting everything to counter an infestation of downvote bombing.
- FilterSweep 8y agohttp://archive.is/qIDX7 http://archive.is/qIDX7 This deleted post outlines the catastrophic degree of astroturfing that riddles the sub. The post had to be archived because of drama around the original post when the user presented his research to administration.
- nerdponx 8y ago/r/politics leans left, so it kinda makes sense.
- beatgammit 8y agoIt more than just leans left. Most comments and posts from a conservative position get downvoted, and many libertarian ones do as well, while almost anything positive for liberals gets upvotes, even if it's not newsworthy. I'd really like something like HN, but for political discussion. There are a couple okay subreddits, but it's just not worth it anymore IMO. I just want quality discussion about issues, complete with evidence. PoliticalDiscussion is okay so far, but then again, so was politics a couple of years ago.
- nerdponx 8y ago/r/media_criticism has been pretty balanced, and nowadays has mostly political content.
- swebs 8y ago"leans"
- edaemon 8y agoIt's interesting that it peaked at 1.5m comments/mo in late 2016 and it's shrunk to 820k comments/mo. That's a huge drop. It sort of makes sense, seeing as the election ended, but that activity decrease is far larger than any other subreddit, even political ones.
- css 8y agoI’m not sure comparing a sub for a specific candidate to a sub about all politics makes a ton of sense.
- edaemon 8y ago(I think you meant to reply to a different comment.)
- css 8y agoYour comment: > that activity decrease is far larger than any other subreddit, even political ones
- edaemon 8y agoSorry, I thought you mistook it for the person talking about /r/politics. I agree that a direct comparison of activity levels isn't all that sensible. I was just surprised that TD has lost nearly 50% of its activity while the rest of Reddit has grown, even growing in the subject area TD is a part of.
- AcerbicZero 8y agoI also found it interesting that post-election, the tone of the content started to shift dramatically. t_d has turned into a mirror of r/politics, and in the process lost their entire original style.
- jhpriestley 8y agoA lot of the activity on the_donald was intended to push propaganda to the front page. These tactics became ineffective after the reddit admins changed their algorithms around.