Separate reach from intensity
Community analysts should not treat a single leaderboard as a complete measure of value. Total reactions are a weighted response volume, while reacted-post share measures breadth and reactions per post adjusts for contribution opportunity.
Weighted-network research similarly distinguishes the number of connections from their strength rather than collapsing both into one measure. This dataset lacks complete sender identities, so it applies that distinction only to received response—not to a social network. Opsahl, Agneessens and Skvoretz (2010)