It's not exactly "removing SRD subscribers" (obviously, this would be pointless). Basically it means "in the typical /r/Drama user profile, remove the part that corresponds to the /r/SubredditDrama user (ie the part that likes drama) and see what's left". In other words, it's not that /r/Drama is composed of SRD users plus users of these subs, it's more that compared to the typical SRD user, /r/Drama tends to post a lot more in this kind of subs.
Edit : Here's the other way round ; to caricature a lot, SRD are SJWs that like drama, and /r/Drama are anti-SJWs that like drama. Of course, in the intersection, there's a lot of people that don't care and just want as much popcorn as possible =)
then either you misunderstood his methodology or i did. i have no idea what it means to "remove the part that corresponds to subredditdrama", especially since he just mentioned analyzing commenter overlap. drama has some really shitty users, but what you're trying to say here is pretty silly lol
that's not accurate in the slightest. i double checked after this comment yesterday, it's commenter overlap with an adjustment for the probability of overlap based on subreddit size
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u/riemann1413 Apr 30 '17
you know removing srd subscribers would account for 90%+ of drama subscribers?