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I'm actually testing a theory of the benefits of fake share counts on one of site's right now: http://TimeForZen.com http://TimeForZen.com (look at the social

I'm actually testing a theory of the benefits of fake share counts on one of site's right now: http://TimeForZen.com http://TimeForZen.com (look at the social widgets up top) ALL of the share counts for the social widgets are fake. I made them up. I want to see if having high share counts will create a bandwagon effect and encourage more people to share, or if it will keep people on the site longer due to a higher perceived usefulness. So far it's not doing anything for me due to low traffic, I'll have to run the experiment with some other sites.

redslazer 14y ago
I did some testing with a client recently (small local business with relatively high customer engagement and satisfaction) and the difference in people willing to press a like button is substantial between 0-100 but stops mattering afterwards.
slig 14y ago
For those wondering how it's done, see the CSS: http://timeforzen.com/images/sharecounts.png http://timeforzen.com/images/sharecounts.png #sharetwitter { width: 90px; background: url(images/sharecounts.png) no-repeat right -20px; margin-right:16px; } Nice hack.