Wednesday, 16 July 2014

What gets upvoted and downvoted on reddit? - part 2

This post contains the comment voting results to accompany the main findings discussed earlier. The survey contained 15 submission titles with single response comments sourced from reddit, where participants had to vote on each comment and then requested to write brief explanations for these decisions. I read all the explanations and classified them into recurring reasons for voting. Due to the huge volume of responses that were analysed manually under time constraints, some subtle concepts had to be clumped together into cruder categories, and it is possible that I made occasional errors during the analyses. Therefore, these results are only here to give us an approximate impression of what can influence people's votes. Please note that some people gave multiple reasons for voting, all of which were included. Vague reasons like "good comment" or "meh" were ignored. In case you start wondering on what basis the titles/comments were selected for the survey, it was mainly to just have some variety and address the theoretical framework proposed in my thesis.

Below are screenshots of the response comments (in dark blue) with pie charts that display their received votes, followed by summaries of common voting explanations. Please forgive the lack of colour.
I will be available in the comments section to answer any questions.


1.


Of those who upvoted:
Of those who downvoted:
Of those who ignored:
61% said the comment was relevant
33% didn't find it interesting
31% didn't find it interesting
26% drank/liked the same milk
33% didn't drink/like that milk
23% found it irrelevant to themselves
24% said that it contributes
11% thought it was irrelevant
18% said the comment was relevant
9% liked the presentation
11% didn't like the presentation
12% didn't find it compelling

2.



Of those who upvoted:
Of those who downvoted:
Of those who ignored:
64% said the comment was funny
30% didn't find it funny
24% found it irrelevant to themselves
20% said it was relevant
20% said it had bad grammar
16% didn't find it original
13% liked that kind of jokes
20% fount it unoriginal
16% didn't find it funny
6% said that it contributes
18% didn't like that kind of jokes
5% found it funny

3.

Of those who upvoted:
Of those who downvoted:
Of those who ignored:
50% liked the sourcing
59% said it is irrelevant
18% said it is irrelevant
46% found it interesting
29% didn't like the sources
18% found it irrelevant to themselves
20% said it was relevant
6% said that it doesn't contribute
16% found it interesting
19% liked the presentation
6% found it interesting
15% said it is too long

4.

Of those who upvoted:
Of those who downvoted:
Of those who ignored:
33% said the comment is relevant
32% didn't like the presentation
28% said it was irrelevant to themselves
18% liked the presentation
26% didn't like the sources
15% didn't like the presentation
18% said that it contributes
16% disagreed
10% said it is too long
15% found it reasonable




5.



Of those who upvoted:
Of those who downvoted:
Of those who ignored:
53% found it funny
29% found it unintelligent
24% didn't find it funny
35% said that it is relevant
14% didn't like that kind of jokes
16% said it was irrelevant to themselves
7% liked that kind of jokes
14% found it unoriginal
10% found it unoriginal
6% found it intelligent
14% said it was irrelevant to themselves
10% found it relevant

6.
Of those who upvoted:
Of those who downvoted:
Of those who ignored:
41% agreed with the comment
51% disagreed with the comment
16% found it irrelevant to themselves
24% said that it contributes
21% said it lacks sources
14% said it was too long
20% liked the presentation
12% found it irrelevant
13% disagreed with the comment
16% found it interesting
9% didn't like the presentation
9% said it lacks sources


7.



Of those who upvoted:
Of those who downvoted:
Of those who ignored:
61% said the comment is true
40% found it unhelpful
20% found it unhelpful
32% agreed with it
22% found it rude
17% said it is true
7% found it helpful
19% said that it doesn't contribute
8% found it irrelevant

11% found it irrelevant
7% said it's a troll

8.



Of those who upvoted:
Of those who downvoted:
Of those who ignored:
47% said that it's relevant
40% didn't feel sympathetic
15% didn't find it interesting
29% felt sympathetic
40% didn't think it's true
15% felt sad
19% felt sad
20% thought that it's a troll
15% found it irrelevant to themselves
14% found it interesting

11% didn't find it compelling

9.




Of those who upvoted:
Of those who downvoted:
Of those who ignored:
58% found it interesting
71% said it is inaccurate
16% said it lacks sources
19% said that it's relevant
14% found it unintelligent
12% found it interesting
17% found it educational
14% said it lacked sources
11% didn't find it interesting
16% said that it contributes

7% knew it already

10.

Of those who upvoted:
Of those who downvoted:
Of those who ignored:
55% agreed with the comment
34% found the comment hostile
17% found it irrelevant to themselves
15% said it's true
20% didn't like the presentation
16% found it hostile
12% said that it contributes
11% didn't find it intelligent
11% agreed with the comment
8% said that it's relevant
10% said that it doesn't contribute
10% didn't like the presentation

11.

Of those who upvoted:
Of those who downvoted:
Of those who ignored:
30% found it reasonable
56% disagreed with the advice
24% found it irrelevant to themselves
23% said it's helpful
11% found it unhelpful

11% said it's relevant
11% didn't think it's relevant

4% agreed with the advice



12.

 
Of those who upvoted:
Of those who downvoted:
Of those who ignored:
56% found it cute
29% found it irrelevant to themselves
30% found it irrelevant to themselves
15% thought it was relevant
18% didn't find it original
7% didn't find it interesting
14% said that it contributes
11% didn't find it intelligent
6% found it cute
6% found it positive
11% had an issue with puppies

13.

Of those who upvoted:
Of those who downvoted:
Of those who ignored:
41% felt sympathetic
32% didn't think it contributes
17% found it irrelevant to themselves
39% shared the feeling
11% thought it was attention seeking
14% didn't think it contributes
4% felt sad





14.



Of those who upvoted:
Of those who downvoted:
Of those who ignored:
33% praised the responder
62% said it lacks detail
58% said it lacks detail
20% thought it was relevant
15% didn't think it was true
10% didn't find it interesting
19% thought it was worthy
9% didn't find it interesting
7% thought it was relevant
14% said it lacks detail
6% didn't think it contributes
4% praised the responder

15.




Of those who upvoted:
Of those who downvoted:
Of those who ignored:
72% agreed with the comment
37% disliked superfluous "almost"
14% didn't find it interesting
9% said it was true
25% disagreed
11% found it unoriginal
9% thought it was relevant
13% thought it was karma whoring
10% agreed with the comment
4% disliked superfluous "almost"

10% thought it doesn't contribute

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