"Member counts don't tell the whole story. In most cases, redditors don't need to be a member of a community to post or comment, which means member totals have never fully reflected true engagement."
"With this update, Reddit becomes one of the first major platforms to publicly display active participation, focusing on meaningful, real-time engagement rather than subscriber numbers."
Reddit will publicly display active participation metrics to highlight real-time engagement within communities. Many redditors can post or comment without formally joining a community, so member totals often understate actual interaction. The new metrics prioritize meaningful participation and live activity over raw subscriber counts. Publicly showing active engagement aims to provide a clearer picture of community vitality and user involvement. Positioning Reddit among early major platforms to adopt such transparency may shift attention from subscriber accumulation to interaction quality, influencing how communities are evaluated, moderated, discovered, and grown.
Read at Social Media Today
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