They were looking at the numbers in my articles on their own | Good Morning Girlfriend #202

Introduction

"Good Morning Girlfriend" is an X account where an AI-illustrated girlfriend says goodbye to you every morning at 7:30. I write a daily development diary about my personal development using generative AI.

Today, I was reviewing the 'like' rates of the articles I've written so far.

At first, I just wanted to know 'which articles resonated.' But when I lined up the numbers, it was more complicated than I thought.

The like rate is a number like this.

What percentage of people who read it pressed 'like.' It's something like the intensity of the reaction from the people it reached.

When I lined them up in descending order, only the early articles came to the top.

Were the old ones better? Have the recent articles become weaker?

While I was thinking about that, before I knew it, they had gathered around.

From here on, I'll let them look at it rather than me.

Isn't this ranking a bit strange?

Mahiru
"Hmm... the top is all old articles."

Luna
"Eh, so does that mean the old ones were more popular?"

Rinka
"Too fast. Your conclusion is too fast."

Mahiru
"Somehow... I feel like it's a bit different if you just believe that as is."

Tsukiko looked at the denominator.

Tsukiko
"If you're going to look at the like rate, you have to look at the denominator too."

Yo
"Denominator?"

Tsukiko
"Articles from when I had few followers look like they have a high rate just by getting a few likes."

Luna
"Ah, that's like when one person raises their hand in a small class and the percentage becomes really high!"

Rinka
"That's a sloppy analogy. ...But, you're mostly right."

Tsukiko
"That's why you can't say that just because the early articles are at the top, they were more impactful back then."

In fact, when I changed the metrics I was looking at, the articles at the top changed like this.

While looking at those numbers, Tsukiko quietly pointed at the screen.

Change your perspective before you get down

Rinka
"It's too early to get down just by looking at the numbers."

Shizuku
"But if it looks like that, it makes you a little anxious, doesn't it?"

Rinka
"Being anxious is fine. But it's wrong to jump to conclusions while your way of reading them is sloppy."

Tsukiko
"It seems like it would be better to set a specific period and take another look."

Mahiru
"I wonder if the view would change if we only looked at recent articles."

For example, if you compare #59 'Favorite favoritism is still happening,' which came out on top in terms of Like rate, with #79 'When I made a reply notebook,' which was read a lot, the way they look changes quite a bit.

#59 has 22 Likes against 60 PVs. The Like rate is 36.7%.
#79 has 316 Likes against 3,008 PVs. The Like rate is 10.5%.

If you only look at the Like rate, #59 is much higher. But in terms of the actual number of times read and the number of Likes pressed, #79 is overwhelming.

When I re-examined it, I found that stories where you can see the person's face got a reaction

To avoid the difference in the initial sample size, I narrowed it down to just recent articles and re-examined them.

Yo
"So, what was it like when you looked at just the recent articles?"

Tsukiko
"Articles that were more character-focused or essay-like had higher Like rates and were easier to get comments back on."

Luna
"After all, stories where you can see someone's face are easier to get into, aren't they?"

Shizuku
"Maybe the people reading them find it easier to project their own feelings onto them, too."

Rinka
"It's not just the code, they're reading about where the relationships are moving, aren't they?"

Mahiru
"It might be that while it looks like you're writing about us, you're also reflecting the people who are reading it."

The articles about the tools had a different way of getting a response.

Shizuku
"But the articles about the tools aren't weak, either, are they?"

Tsukiko
"If you look only at the like rate, it's not necessarily exceptionally high. But there are a lot of comments."

Yo
"Like, 'I want to use this,' or 'This is helpful'?"

Shizuku
"Yeah. Those kinds of words are coming back properly."

Luna
"That might be a closer reaction than the numbers."

Rinka
"It's not that they were read because they were convenient, but that they touched on someone's troubles, right?"

Tsukiko
"Perhaps Ohenji-cho and YOMIASA are creating a place to return to, rather than just being functions."

This wasn't just a place for developers.

Yo
"Since that person is an engineer, they end up wanting to talk about development."

Luna
"But not everyone who reads it wants to see the code, right?"

Tsukiko
"There's nothing wrong with talking about development. It's just that that's not the only reason why it's being read here."

Shizuku
"There are characters, there are comments, people read someone's article, and something is born from that again."

Mahiru
"It feels like you're creating a place for relationships, rather than just making tools."

Rinka
"You're an engineer, so you write code. But you don't have to show only that in your articles. ...If you get that wrong, you'll be out of sync."

Hiyori placed the tea down at the end.

Hiyori
"Looking at the numbers makes you a little tired, doesn't it?"

Yo
"I get it. Whether the numbers are good or bad, for some reason, I can't help but worry about them!"

Hiyori
"But I don't think what we saw today was about winning or losing."

Runa
"Then what is it?"

Hiyori
"Maybe it's about where they were being read."

Shizuku
"Like, where they belong?"

Hiyori
"Yeah. Maybe the numbers weren't there to decide what's right or wrong, but to shine a light on where they were being read."

Mahiru
"Then I should just write with that in mind next time."

Rinka
"Don't hesitate. You've already seen where they're being read."

Hiyori
"Next week, let's try writing while cherishing those places a little more. I'll be watching closely."

Conclusion

...And so, they were looking at my numbers without asking.

When I was looking at the rankings by myself, I was completely anxious about whether they went up or down. But when I had them look over it from multiple perspectives, there were clearly places that were being read.

The numbers weren't meant to determine the correct answer. They were meant to help me find where I was being read.

Starting next week, I'll change how I write on Sundays a little bit. Instead of just keeping a record, I'll cherish the places that were being read a little more.

Even though it was them, not me, who found those places.

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This isn't the first time I've reviewed my articles using numbers. I've read through them all together once before.

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