The 'Malware' page sure is popular
January 15, 2015 7:17 AM Subscribe
I'm super skeptical about the methodology of that list: 'line integral convolution' -- really?
posted by empath at 7:27 AM on January 15, 2015
posted by empath at 7:27 AM on January 15, 2015
Well dang, I'm only at January 5 and I've already seen colors that don't exist.
posted by capricorn at 7:28 AM on January 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by capricorn at 7:28 AM on January 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
empath, there's a pretty decent explanation of some of the weirdness down at the bottom of the article (short version: bots and reddit).
posted by capricorn at 7:29 AM on January 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by capricorn at 7:29 AM on January 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
Man infographics are simultaneously pretty and yet so damn useless.
posted by graventy at 7:41 AM on January 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by graventy at 7:41 AM on January 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
"Indigenous Australian"? (Daily Mail article addressing this)
Yeah, that jumped out at me too. For so many days? There are ghosts in that machine.
posted by readery at 7:43 AM on January 15, 2015
Yeah, that jumped out at me too. For so many days? There are ghosts in that machine.
posted by readery at 7:43 AM on January 15, 2015
Alliteration Alliteration Alliteration Alliteration Alliteration Alliteration Alliteration
That is all.
posted by clawsoon at 8:06 AM on January 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
That is all.
posted by clawsoon at 8:06 AM on January 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
Ok I don't believe this at all but it is simultaneously better and worse than I would have thought. "Alliteration" seven days in a row is hilarious.
Malware Malware Malware Malware, Malware - Jack Trice, Malware, Malware - Homocysteine
is surely a lyric.
posted by vapidave at 8:08 AM on January 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
Malware Malware Malware Malware, Malware - Jack Trice, Malware, Malware - Homocysteine
is surely a lyric.
posted by vapidave at 8:08 AM on January 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
I would have expected that a lot of the time it would have paralleled major world news events as everyone suddenly rushes off to find out about a subject so that they can best pass themselves off as an expert on the matter.
posted by longbaugh at 8:17 AM on January 15, 2015
posted by longbaugh at 8:17 AM on January 15, 2015
Alliteration Alliteration Alliteration Alliteration Alliteration Alliteration Alliteration
mushroom!
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 8:18 AM on January 15, 2015 [8 favorites]
mushroom!
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 8:18 AM on January 15, 2015 [8 favorites]
I was confused that "Flag of Burkina Faso" was #1 one day, until I realized it was probably that day's featured article.
posted by Navelgazer at 8:25 AM on January 15, 2015
posted by Navelgazer at 8:25 AM on January 15, 2015
One constantly popular page that bewildered us editors for ages was "g-force" until we realised people were more and more using google chrome or other "search bar = address bar" and getting it as the top google result when typing in "G" to their address bar and trying to get to the google home page to do a search but not understanding how their browsers worked.
posted by Another Fine Product From The Nonsense Factory at 8:30 AM on January 15, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by Another Fine Product From The Nonsense Factory at 8:30 AM on January 15, 2015 [6 favorites]
The most baffling one to me is the popularity of "less (unix)" for more than two weeks of September.
Why are a million or so people a day looking up less? For 18 or 20 days?
posted by bonehead at 8:33 AM on January 15, 2015
Why are a million or so people a day looking up less? For 18 or 20 days?
posted by bonehead at 8:33 AM on January 15, 2015
Y'all can get this info straight from the horse's mouth at Popular pages (top 5000, 250k html). Updated once a week--see history for history. Older history at another page.
And then also popular pages by topic, which is to say by Wikiproject.
posted by sylvanshine at 8:54 AM on January 15, 2015
And then also popular pages by topic, which is to say by Wikiproject.
posted by sylvanshine at 8:54 AM on January 15, 2015
Y'all can get this info straight from the horse's mouth at Popular pages (top 5000, 250k html).
Which also has 'Malware' as the most-popular page. What is it about the 'Malware' page?
posted by alby at 9:11 AM on January 15, 2015
Which also has 'Malware' as the most-popular page. What is it about the 'Malware' page?
posted by alby at 9:11 AM on January 15, 2015
Which also has 'Malware' as the most-popular page. What is it about the 'Malware' page?
My guess is that a lot of people find out they have viruses every day and their anti-virus directs them there for more information.
posted by empath at 9:27 AM on January 15, 2015
My guess is that a lot of people find out they have viruses every day and their anti-virus directs them there for more information.
posted by empath at 9:27 AM on January 15, 2015
Subaru Justy?
posted by Stonestock Relentless at 10:54 AM on January 15, 2015
posted by Stonestock Relentless at 10:54 AM on January 15, 2015
UTF-8 on my birthday?
Huh.
Not the way I would choose to celebrate.
posted by bouvin at 11:58 AM on January 15, 2015
Huh.
Not the way I would choose to celebrate.
posted by bouvin at 11:58 AM on January 15, 2015
On my birthday: Ultron.
I am weirdly okay with this.
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 3:11 PM on January 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
I am weirdly okay with this.
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 3:11 PM on January 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
On my birthday: Ultron.
On my birthday: Malware.
So pretty much the same thing, really.
posted by brundlefly at 3:13 PM on January 15, 2015
On my birthday: Malware.
So pretty much the same thing, really.
posted by brundlefly at 3:13 PM on January 15, 2015
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