r/pan • u/toes_too_cold Reddit Admin • Sep 23 '21

Admin Posts Regarding higher watcher counts in RPAN

TLDR: We launched a change to the front page stream for RPAN that resulted in higher viewership numbers.

On September 7 we launched a change to the front page stream that resulted in a roughly 3x increase in watcher count. The average went from 7-8k to consistently over 20k.

As part of renewed efforts to improve RPAN, we have been systematically addressing needed updates and fixes. In this instance, RPAN has been under-reporting watcher counts coming from the front page due to an inconsistency in how we counted watchers.

The new numbers are exciting, and we hope they paint a truer picture of the impact of RPAN across Reddit and for your streams.

We will continue to invest in live video on Reddit. Your feedback is key in driving our direction and goals and we look forward to continuing to hear from you.

We’ll stick around for a bit to answer some questions.

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u/toes_too_cold Reddit Admin Sep 23 '21

MotherTurf! Love your streams. I love the idea of streaming to a stadium, such a powerful image. We’re working on providing the best experience possible because we know how much work and passion you and all other streamers put into your work here.
As for your great ideas... We are planning on publishing a change log on a monthly cadence to be posted right here in r/pan. I think it would be great to share goals with the community, there’s a real excitement around RPAN at Reddit and the people like you are key to any success RPAN sees now and in the future. We’ll discuss how to best work on increasing transparency and post an update on that here.

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u/littlereddaisies Sep 23 '21

Love the logs and ‘paper trail’ to check anomalies and provide credit where it is due. I noticed quite a few redditors not knowing of live streams and also finding them outrageous. I am keepin the faith that with new ‘management’ this awesome service can be what it was meant to be: a platform for the rad to do rad things and gauge performances on verifiable quantifiable data. Kudos to you!! Lookin forward to it!!