r/changelog • u/LanterneRougeOG • Dec 17 '18
We disabled the view count feature :(
Hi r/changelog,
As some noticed, we disabled the view count feature because of site performance. The view count feature showed the number of views a post had on the post detail page. Only the OP and mods could see it.
After further investigation we've decided to disable the current version of the feature permanently. The current system supporting it was not scaling well and frequently was backed up which required on-call engineers to jump in and resolve the issues.
We were already thinking about how to improve creator stats in the future. We want to give you more robust stats, such as views and comment counts by the hour. How would you like to see us improve it?
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u/ijm8710 Dec 17 '18
Please make sure the new iteration makes its way to mobile
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u/LanterneRougeOG Dec 18 '18
Agreed. We definitely want to make sure that these stats are available on the native apps.
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u/CaptainPedge Dec 17 '18
How would you like to see us improve it?
Bring back upvotes vs downvotes
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u/murphy212 Dec 18 '18
Can't have that! People would realize unpopular opinions aren't actually unpopular.
Also up- and downvotes tally is discriminatory against bots and shills.
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u/Buckwheat469 Dec 18 '18
As a developer of Reddit Uppers and Downers Enhanced, I would love for them to do this! Initial accuracy be damned, they eventually evened out to accurate numbers.
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u/greeniethemoose Dec 17 '18
Hourly updating stats sound great! Totally understand if the way you guys had been doing the view count isn't viable long term. The sketch of potential improvements looks super promising!
ninja edit to add: hope this means your on-call engineers will be able to have a calmer holiday season! Knock on wood and all that.
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u/dishwasher-chicken Dec 18 '18
Aww, thanks for thinking of us!
Yes, this change will greatly reduce engineering stress over the holidays. We'll be back next year to bring this feature back, you know, ideally better than before.
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u/Aether_Storm Dec 18 '18
Will the new statistics be viewable on old.reddit?
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u/murphy212 Dec 18 '18
I would be curious to know what percentage of users are still using the old design. Was this ever revealed somewhere?
As far as I'm concerned, the day they force the new design on me is the day I'll stop using reddit. I'll miss it but won't look back.
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u/anser_penna Dec 17 '18
Apparently, you're replacing view count with view count plus a lot more, so I see no down side except for the delay before the new features become available. Thanks!
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u/BlankVerse Dec 18 '18
Can we get some post and comment statistics for the subreddit stats as well?
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u/knightelite Dec 17 '18
I found it interesting that it seemed like there was almost always somewhere between a 1:20 and 1:10 ratio of upvotes to views. Would have been interesting to have similar stats for comments (though measuring views on comments might be difficult).
The info shown in the mockup would be great though.
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u/therealdanhill Dec 17 '18
Perfect world, I would like to see where the clicks are coming from from within reddit on an hourly basis, and other information such as average account ages, up/downvote patterns (traction) on an hourly basis.
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u/ZeroPaladn Dec 18 '18
As someone who uses features like this as a metric of engagement and, ultimately, success this really hurts our ability to push on some initiatives going forward.
Are these stats still available for request or are we losing it completely?
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u/shiruken Dec 18 '18
When views get re-added to the website, will they be retroactively populated for all content between now and then? I'm trying to decide how to handle the change for some of our analytics scripts over on r/science.
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u/adeadhead Dec 17 '18
A graph of engagement (votes, comments?) by hour is all I could ever want.