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deadbabeyesterday at 9:30 PM1 replyview on HN

If you want to be a pedant, sure, you could say people do click it! But then you always have to speak in disclaimers and technicality, or you will give the wrong impression.

Most reasonable people will compare usage rate to some minimum effective threshold, under which you could basically say no one clicks the button. Even though that’s not technically true, it becomes a useful rule of thumb for how you should think about the button, and it’s easier to remember.

IMO if less than 5% of people are clicking the share button, then basically no one is clicking it.

Similarly, if more than 95% of people are clicking the button, then everyone clicks it!


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raincoleyesterday at 9:56 PM

> IMO if less than 5% of people are clicking the share button, then basically no one is clicking it.

It's a crazy take and honestly just lack of sense over numbers. 5% is really high for something that the users have to actively do, even it's just a single button.

MrBeast's videos have a like:view ratio less than 5%. Your take is saying that basically no one is clicking likes on MrBeast's videos.