What is the rationale for the incrementing count next to links in a page? I’m not asking in a challenging way. This looks odd but interesting. Why keep track of this? As it’s unfamiliar to me, I’m finding myself distracted by these numbers. Why are they there? What are they telling me? As I ponder these questions, I remind myself to read the content and ignore the numbers. I think I might like to disable this behavior, if that’s possible. If it’s not I’m tempted to hide these badges with CSS. Before I get too worked up over it, I’d like to better understand what value folks get from these?

I don’t think the rationale goes much further than “mildly interesting.” We highlight a user’s most popular links on their profile as a related point of interest and there are some admin reports that can show related details… like which users have posted the most clicked links. What you get out of those pieces of information is up to you! [Screen Shot 2020-06-23 at 9.24.16 PM] [Screen Shot 2020-06-23 at 9.30.44 PM] They can be hidden with CSS. .topic-body .badge-notification.clicks { display: none; }

:trophy: also some people like earning badges [Screen Shot 2020-06-24 at 12.12.10 AM]

Link click badges

Development

codinghorror (Jeff Atwood) June 24, 2020, 3:27am 3

What is the purpose of posting a link that no one clicks?

Topic		Replies	Views
Badge based on link stats? Data & reporting sql-query	5	1348	August 27, 2015
How to hide clicks count badge which next to the image link Development click-counter	1	1153	February 5, 2018
How to disable Link Click Counters? Development click-counter	4	716	October 31, 2024
Double number of clicks notification badge Bug	3	2008	February 18, 2016
Count at "Others with this badge" includes current user UX	3	839	July 2, 2018

Link click badges

Related topics