Users will now see seven-day metrics that track active visitors and contributions instead.
Literally haven’t regretted a single day since I left that platform, fuck reddit
Reddit is dropping subscriber counts on subreddits
Submitted 14 hours ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.theverge.com/news/775524/reddit-subreddit-member-count-vistors-contributions
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yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
hector@lemmy.today 2 hours ago
I worry about not being able to get help with some work-related projects. There is Facebook but Facebook just sucks especially from my phone. You would think they would use their billions of dollars to fix glitches but since they have no competition why bother I suppose.
ulu_mulu@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
Ofc they will, so the can inflate participation with bots all they want.
If bots weren’t counted, it wouldn’t actually be a bad metric IMO.
WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Obligatory fuck spez
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
Pedo Spez
henfredemars@infosec.pub 13 hours ago
Ah, the old stock-pumping strategy of cooking the books and only sharing good numbers. Never change, Reddit.
Onyxonblack@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
I’m sure they will find some underhanded way to fudge and cheat these numbers with AI bots going forward.
BeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
Fuck reddit, it’s all fucking bots and Russians at this point.
hector@lemmy.today 2 hours ago
The site-wide administration seems to consider triggering Russians’ feelings as a violation of their rules. Also Israel.
DreamAccountant@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
But it won’t detect the bots that it doesn’t want to, so the numbers will just be bullshit.
“Buy ads based on my fictional metrics, please!”
someguy3@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Much better than long dead accounts that subscribed.
lvxferre@mander.xyz 9 hours ago
It is not an “either this or that” matter; they could show both pieces of info. And they should.
misk@piefed.social 28 minutes ago
At first I thought it’d be a good change because subscriber count can really distort size of the community on older subreddits. On the other hand - given that this whole thing runs on inertia I don’t see how new metrics solve this. Big subreddits will stay big because they’re big already.