Comments on: Evidence of the Reddit effect http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/evidence-of-the-reddit-effect/ Notes from the classroom and observations about today's practice of journalism online Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:29:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mindy McAdams http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/evidence-of-the-reddit-effect/#comment-906 Mindy McAdams Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:31:18 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/evidence-of-the-reddit-effect/#comment-906 I think it means nothing -- these people don't care about my usual subject matter at all. They click, they glance, they leave. It's really useless. Except, as Alexis said, maybe I will pick up a few new regular readers as a result. And I do mean a FEW.<br/><br/>Links get on Reddit the same way they get on Digg -- people post them. I think it means nothing — these people don’t care about my usual subject matter at all. They click, they glance, they leave. It’s really useless. Except, as Alexis said, maybe I will pick up a few new regular readers as a result. And I do mean a FEW.

Links get on Reddit the same way they get on Digg — people post them.

]]> By: Mark http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/evidence-of-the-reddit-effect/#comment-905 Mark Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:16:37 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/evidence-of-the-reddit-effect/#comment-905 How does a link on a list of seemingly unrelated topics provide such a massive boost in page hits? Are people just clicking at random?<br/><br/>And how do links get on Reddit in the first place?<br/><br/>(Forgive me I sound confused.) How does a link on a list of seemingly unrelated topics provide such a massive boost in page hits? Are people just clicking at random?

And how do links get on Reddit in the first place?

(Forgive me I sound confused.)

]]> By: alexis [kn0thing] http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/evidence-of-the-reddit-effect/#comment-904 alexis [kn0thing] Thu, 29 Mar 2007 06:17:26 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/evidence-of-the-reddit-effect/#comment-904 Congrats, Mindy. Glad to see reddit was able to send some traffic your way. Hopefully you've gained a few more new readers from it. Congrats, Mindy. Glad to see reddit was able to send some traffic your way. Hopefully you’ve gained a few more new readers from it.

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