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Does anyone else wish that Lemmy had Post Analytics like Reddit's Post Insights? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Teknevra@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I’m not talking about this from a marketing or influencer perspective—I just personally enjoy seeing post metrics like number of views, especially over time (like Reddit's 48-hour view chart).

It gives a sense of whether a post is reaching people, even if it doesn't get many comments or upvotes.

Curious if others feel the same, or if there’s a reason this hasn’t been implemented?

EDIT: Maybe have it so that there is an option in the user's settings to turn the Analytics on/off?

Or, perhaps have it where instance owners can decide whether or not to allow the Analytics on their instance?

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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes.

I spent a bunch of time translating some notes into posts and got one comment and a handful of upvotes. If I saw stats saying 20 or 30 people spent time looking at the posts without interacting, then it would feel like it's worth doing again.

(I realize Lemmy doesn't track view time, but still)

Sometimes it feels like I'm posting into the void. It doesn't feel like it's worth the effort.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Interesting use case for them