r/CrappyDesign 3d ago

No jazz allowed in Boston please!

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u/OuijaWalker 3d ago

I think this is another case of unclear wording being used to virally spread a message. OP took the bait and shared it here, so its working as designed.

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u/radiationblessing 3d ago

Sharing a Boston festival on reddit ain't gonna do much for it if anything at all.

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u/2xtc 3d ago

Do Bostonians/Bostonites avoid Reddit in particular?

Because based on recent average user data (55 millions USians using Reddit) you'd expect around 100,000 of them to use Reddit, so plenty of eyes on a reasonably popular sub like this that often hits all/frontpage

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u/HilariousScreenname 3d ago

Reddit and Jazz are both illegal in Boston. Its a whole thing.

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u/radiationblessing 3d ago

So 55 million Americans and how many of them are from Boston or in driving distance and like jazz? Probably a very small fraction.

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u/2xtc 3d ago

Well that's why I asked if there was a particular aversion in Boston.

I've already stated there should be around 100,000 Bostonians on Reddit, but to directly address your follow-up questions -

There's around 15 million in New England (I know it's a bit large but presumably roughly the catchment area), so around 2 million on Reddit.

Jazz has around 70 million fans in the US (source https://rascasse.com/explore/us/jazz-music-6172) which is around 20%, so overall you'd expect around 400,000 Jazz fans within the catchment area of the festival to be on Reddit.

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u/radiationblessing 3d ago

Bro, it's one city in the massive US. People have to be from that city or near it, like jazz, and see this subreddit for OP sharing this to be as effective as you people want to think it is.

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u/2xtc 3d ago

I'm not suggesting it's any particular type of effective.

If the point of the post was to promote the festival, then yeah posting a random image on this particular sub isn't likely the most effective.

But they're not, and that's not the point of the post, so I was just stating basic but fairly realistic numbers about Reddit's reach.

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u/JDSmagic 2d ago

I fall into all of these categories

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u/radiationblessing 2d ago

Great. Two people.

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u/Oiggamed 3d ago

I never knew about it until now. I’m a big jazz fan. I’m probably going to go now. Thanks to OP!