Subscribers Count: A Vanity Metric or a Measure of Engagement?
As content creators on the internet, we often rely on metrics to gauge our success. Numbers have become a universal language for measuring performance, and it’s natural for us to adopt them as our own metrics. However, sometimes these numbers can be deceptive and lead us astray. These misleading numbers are what we call vanity metrics. Some vanity metrics, like YouTube subscribers, Twitter followers, or Facebook likes, are public by default....