Just wondering if anyone else feels like this. Personally I’m following this community for interesting stuff around Linux and I don’t care too much for a lost percentage or another. Today’s an extreme example with 5 articles (steam share, 2x “10%”, 2x "not actually 10%). This horserace journalism is rarely doing any good imho.

What do you think?

  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
    2·
    2 days ago

    I would straight up ban them until the percentage is actually worth caring about, say 10%. Until then it’s just kinda depressing to see it touted as important…

  • ludrol@programming.dev
    34·
    6 days ago

    It looks like network traffic and steam survey data are very noisy. So it’s every other month we get articles like “Linux hit a new percentage record” “Linux just fell down 2 percentage points, will it ever recover” The multitude of articles trying to click bait as much as possible is getting annoying after a while.

  • queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    7·
    6 days ago

    I like seeing what cool new tools and toys are coming into the zeitgeist. Even if they’re dumb, or bad, or malicious, as they often are, I think there’s some merit in seeing a thing becoming more or less popular and having a conversation about it.

    How much is too much? I don’t know. I think that’s one of the areas where upvoting / downvoting can be useful. And meta posts, for that matter: it’s good for communities to self-regulate this way. Personally I have not felt that there are too many.

  • Vincent@feddit.nl
    3·
    6 days ago

    A blanket ban of StatCounter-based stats at the very least, but I could live with a ban on all of the other ones too.

  • yuman@programming.dev
    3·
    6 days ago

    90% of everything is shit. journos are falling head over heels to prove that maxim.

    can’t stand those things, along with movie X made Y money, couldn’t give less of a fuck if I wanted to.

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    I don’t care for them but I think the recent spate is because 10% is a special type number. Double digit and all. I certainly don’t want linux or other foss to die out but im fine if they don’t dominate.

  • onlinepersona@programming.dev
    1·
    5 days ago

    I barely notice it. It happens once a month or so, but the rest of the time it’s various linux news.

    And if you don’t like it, maybe share other linux news?

    • tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.gardenOP
      1·
      4 days ago

      It happens every week at least. Of course, there’s other cool content as well!

      Every time I see something that I think would fit here, it’s already been posted.