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I like the analysis. However, I am curious why entries are not sorted by counts. As a rule of thumb, sorting alphabetically makes no sense! Also, 382 sounds li
by stared 7y ago
I like the analysis. However, I am curious why entries are not sorted by counts. As a rule of thumb, sorting alphabetically makes no sense!
Also, 382 sounds like a very small number, given the size of HN. I did try to find many blogs I read, but couldn't find one. So, crucially - was it a random sample? Or sample from top-liked, or from a particular month?
some findings (e.g. the prevalence of Wordpress) may depend on this procedure.
- jacquesm 7y agoAt the top he writes how he got the data, from the 'what is your blog and why should I read it' post.
- stared 7y agoI missed that thing, without clicking the link. (I understood it was an inspiration rather than "Analysis of self-posted blog post to thread X".)
- input_sh 7y agoWhen I've seen the thread, it had like 500 comments. My comment wouldn't make a blimp and like five people would have seen it, so I just didn't post it.
- dsalzman 7y agoThanks for the advice! I went in and sorted the tables. I love Markdown for its simplicity and forces me to focus on the content, but sometimes simple things like sorting a table are a pain. Such is life.