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"The more comments Instagram posts received, the more likely they were posted by depressed participants"

• EGreg 9y ago
  In general I call this the Magarshak score: How many comments vs shares does a content post have? Comments - disagree with it, want to correct something, controversy Shares - agree with it, want to spread it more widely, echo chamber
  • jnbiche 9y ago
    Wouldn't that be the Magarshak ratio?
    • 5ilv3r 9y ago
      No because 100:100 and 0:0 would be equal in value but far different in meaning. It must be a score and not a ratio.
      • jnbiche 9y ago
        Yes, but that's not what this ratio purports to measure. Also, the fact that you wrote n:n with the colon in between would make it by definition a ratio.
  • foota 9y ago
    I think this works better for something like Facebook, Instagram comments tend to be compliments.
    • cgore 9y ago
      Yeah, it's really weird to me coming from the rest of the Internet to have random people I've never met say things like "Beautiful", "Great work", "I love it", etc., instead of, say, what you'll get in the comments of a youtube video.
      • imcrs 9y ago
        Sadly, if it's just a single compliment with no relation to the actual image posted, it's likely a bot doing the commenting. This is a common way for people to boost their follower count.
      • Retra 9y ago
        That's all I ever see on my employer's blogs and announcements, and is far more depressing to me than any honest criticism would be.