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The most fascinating section of this, in my opinion, is the "Rivalries" at the bottom that show the relationship between liking X and disliking Y. However, wha

by bhauer 9y ago

The most fascinating section of this, in my opinion, is the "Rivalries" at the bottom that show the relationship between liking X and disliking Y. However, what isn't clear to me is whether this is one-directional or a blended bi-directional rivalry. For example, the third item from the bottom is iOS : Android. Is this the coefficient of liking iOS and disliking Android or is it a coefficient of liking either and disliking the other? Can anyone clarify that?

var_explained 9y ago
OP author here: the rivalries there are directional, "if you liked X, you probably disliked Y", but not vice versa. (One thing I find interesting is that most rivalries really are directional: you see git users disliking svn, but not svn users disliking git). Perhaps there's a way I could make that clearer in the post!
- nobodyorother 9y ago
  The ":" implies bidirectionality (or at least, non-directionality), you could clarify it in the graph by replacing ":" with "dislikes" or "->".
  - erikpukinskis 9y ago
    As a coder, : is pretty directional in my head. A greater than sign would be explanatory tho.
- bhauer 9y ago
  > OP author here: the rivalries there are directional, "if you liked X, you probably disliked Y", but not vice versa. (One thing I find interesting is that most rivalries really are directional: you see git users disliking svn, but not svn users disliking git). Awesome, thank you! I agree that the direction of the rivalry is an interesting part of it. I just noticed that "backend : frontend" and "frontend : backend" both appear on the chart, which implicitly answered my question. Perhaps another sentence or two that highlights this would help readers understand the directional nature of the chart. For example: These rivalries are directional, which demonstrates how rivalries are often asymmetrical. For example, as seen in the results chart, those who like backend have more distaste for frontend than vice-versa.
- lifthrasiir 9y ago
  Yeah. I first observed this and was confused because the phi coefficient should be symmetric---I understood what's going on only after proof-reading the description (again).
rhn_mk1 9y ago
backend : frontend and the reverse are both present, that implies unidirectional relationship. I like how illustrative it is in the general context of rivalries: I observed that people are most negative towards their neighbors, as opposed to those who are very different. Perhaps it's because similar agents need to compete for similar resources?

by bhauer 9y ago

var_explained 9y ago

OP author here: the rivalries there are directional, "if you liked X, you probably disliked Y", but not vice versa. (One thing I find interesting is that most rivalries really are directional: you see git users disliking svn, but not svn users disliking git). Perhaps there's a way I could make that clearer in the post!

nobodyorother 9y ago
The ":" implies bidirectionality (or at least, non-directionality), you could clarify it in the graph by replacing ":" with "dislikes" or "->".
- erikpukinskis 9y ago
  As a coder, : is pretty directional in my head. A greater than sign would be explanatory tho.
bhauer 9y ago
> OP author here: the rivalries there are directional, "if you liked X, you probably disliked Y", but not vice versa. (One thing I find interesting is that most rivalries really are directional: you see git users disliking svn, but not svn users disliking git). Awesome, thank you! I agree that the direction of the rivalry is an interesting part of it. I just noticed that "backend : frontend" and "frontend : backend" both appear on the chart, which implicitly answered my question. Perhaps another sentence or two that highlights this would help readers understand the directional nature of the chart. For example: These rivalries are directional, which demonstrates how rivalries are often asymmetrical. For example, as seen in the results chart, those who like backend have more distaste for frontend than vice-versa.
lifthrasiir 9y ago
Yeah. I first observed this and was confused because the phi coefficient should be symmetric---I understood what's going on only after proof-reading the description (again).

rhn_mk1 9y ago

backend : frontend and the reverse are both present, that implies unidirectional relationship. I like how illustrative it is in the general context of rivalries: I observed that people are most negative towards their neighbors, as opposed to those who are very different. Perhaps it's because similar agents need to compete for similar resources?