03-25-2021, 11:12 AM
Counting page views was originally done in the context of Webmasters looking to increase traffic on their websites.
Social media put SEO-style metrics into the hands of idiots who play with their panties and lick microphones.
View counts, number of upvotes, number of followers, etc., are "social proof" in the context of social media - they're taken as an indicator of how much influence someone has.
While I was writing the software for my website, I had the notion that posted content should stand on its own merits, and that people's decision to read something shouldn't be swayed by numbers. Consequently, my site has practically no numbers except for timestamps on it.
Social media put SEO-style metrics into the hands of idiots who play with their panties and lick microphones.
View counts, number of upvotes, number of followers, etc., are "social proof" in the context of social media - they're taken as an indicator of how much influence someone has.
While I was writing the software for my website, I had the notion that posted content should stand on its own merits, and that people's decision to read something shouldn't be swayed by numbers. Consequently, my site has practically no numbers except for timestamps on it.
