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PaperclipPerfector  2mo ago (text post)   2955 thread views

Small-Scale Question Sunday for September 21, 2025

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

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Small question: Is imgur considered good enough for embedding links to images in posts, or are there better alternatives? The forum's image upload appears unsuitable for the task.

Not a question: Comments+View count for all of TheMotte.org's 158 Culture War threads to date.*

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How can there possibly be less views than comments on some of these? I don't get it.

Because, "lies, damned lies, and statistics." Check the right side Y axis.

It's not less in absolute terms. December 19, 2022 is that first red major dip: https://www.themotte.org/post/240/culture-war-roundup-for-the-week. For whatever reason (technical probably) it is the only thread to receive <20k (16884) views, but it also received many (1806) comments. The graph is created in a way that is meant to show a relationship between comment:views. This weirdo week breaks an otherwise easy to see relationship. Whether this was a smart way or a good way to go about doing this I leave to the floor.

>he doesn't have his own personal website to which he can upload images
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Is imgur considered good enough for embedding links to images in posts, or are there better alternatives?

I really like catbox.moe. You can host videos and other file types on it too.

How long does Catbox keep files for? Forever. If you don't want your file to stick around until the heat death of the universe, use Litterbox.

Nice, this is basically why I asked. I use imgur out of ease of use and habit forum posting, but I'm pretty sure they delete them eventually.

Thank you, interesting. The decline hasn’t been as significant as I’d imagined.

Next time I get a hankering I intend to look at unique commenters per thread to see something in the shape of weight of regulars over time. I also have a mild curiosity in word count trends per thread, comment, and top levels.

I think we're now a mature community and the people still here having experienced the journey all the way from the CW threads on /r/SSC are now doomed to be long term regulars for however long this place lasts. It's almost like a regimental association, peut être...

Not just that, the trend seems to be upward since early 2024.

FWIW, I think I arrived here circa early 2024 (maybe a little before). What attracted me and kept me are discussions on culture war topics that went everywhere they needed to do but didn’t descend into farce, acrimony, vilification and hatred.

That's really interesting.

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