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by oliverhunt 4717 days ago
> r/Technology leads all SubReddits, with an average of 2,027 Karma per Post

Is this saying that all posts in r/technology get an average of 2027 karma?

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My prior on that is extremely low, so my guess is that's like, of the posts that make front-page? Or of the top posts. What this really reflects, therefore, is something more like how up-votey people are.
Our data was largely from posts that were above 0 Karma which I think is reflected in the analysis that we did.
average is probably the wrong characterization of the distribution of karma per post.