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How is this "outliers"? These are just the submissions that are really popular

• mgfist 3y ago
  Posts with more than 500 upvotes are rare, therefore making them outliers.
  • sodapopcan 3y ago
    While technically correct, is this really how "outliers" is generally used? I tend to think of it as "the forgotten few," not "the select few."
    • 7moritz7 3y ago
      Yes, in statistics when something is noticeably detached from most that's an outlier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlier
      • sodapopcan 3y ago
        Ah ya, of course, which of course is appropriate here. I was thinking of it in a social context... which is actually also somewhat appropriate here, but likely less so.