It doesn't get high viewership, but as a cultural moment for the site, it was huge. Chess posts regularly topped LSF for several weeks, and they remain strong.

It doesn't get high viewership, but as a cultural moment for the site, it was huge. Chess posts regularly topped LSF for several weeks, and they remain strong. It was popular enough that it drew a strong reactionary movement of people complaining about chess posts. You can argue about clickbait, but the view counts (not that #30 is shabby at all) don't do it justice.