Fediverse @lemmy.world Blaze (he/him) @feddit.org 1 mo. ago

Alright guys, who shut down their farmbot yesterday? Loss of 70k users (5%), graph might be misleading

https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats

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That graph is so misleading. Makes it look like almost all the users disappeared but the Y axis only covers a small range at the top.
- The full range is about 5.5%. So while it is misleading, a 5% drop in a graph that consistent isn't nothing. Something substantial absolutly changed
  
  Maybe whole Instance that went offline.
  
  Cool then it should be 5.5% of the visual space for it to not be misleading. But it’s represented much larger. And OP is (edit to sound less mean) not updating the post sooo…
  
  I call shade
- It's like 70k users.
  
  Exactly. Not the over a million that it looks like at a glance.
  
  The user count isn't helpful anyway, active users is a much better measure.
- I captured the graph with the number after the decrease at the bottom right to try to show the number of lost users, but I see where you come from
  
  If you saw why people would criticise it then you’d… edit the post, recapture the graph with an accurate visual representation including the zero on the Y axis?
- Lies, damned lies and statistics.
- no it's not?
  
  you can see the axes and op even mentions that it's a 5% drop
  
  the graph is clearly just fitted to the data
  
  I edited the title after their comment, it wasn't that clear at the beginning
  
  In my classes on analytics, we were taught to prefer using normalised axes starting at 0 to more accurately put changes into perspective.
  
  the graph is clearly just fitted to the data
  
  That's the problem. It's heavily skewed when compared to the greater overall engagement statistics.
Permanently Deleted
- Either that or blocked the crawler on their Instance.
  
  I have a feeling it was caused by something like that, likely a failure of some kind. The drop is way too steep and abruptly for it to be natural.
- An active instance would have an impact on active users
  
  Not immediately though right? since the active users are a month or half-year. Or does it automatically update that too?
  
  _Anti _{Commercial-AI} _license _(CC _BY-NC-SA _4.0)
Did an instance go down?
- Maybe it's a problem with the crawler.
- Probably but which instance has over 70,000 users?
  
  _Anti _{Commercial-AI} _license _(CC _BY-NC-SA _4.0)
  
  not sure when entire fedi-reddit is like 50k AMU lol
Which one of you forgot to open the app so we all ceased to exist to save on simulation resources?
- Go on... lol
At least user a log scale. But start at 0
- Feel free to suggest this to the Fediverse Observer team
  
  Ah, I didn't know.
  
  The monthly graph is pretty interesting in the same way, -400k?
Interestingly there seems to have been an uptick in comments.
- Indeed, the plot thickens.
  
  Maybe the farm bot owner decided to make all comments by a single bot now.
  
  Curiouser and curiouser.
  
  Probably some mundane explanation but still...
LOL
Was the metric measured before the day the was over which would limit the timeframe of the final day and show fewer users?
I dont see this chart when I click the link
- It should be there, it's the second graph

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