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• koheripbal 7y ago
  We are not representative of the general population, so our anecdotes are almost worthless.
  • zeta0134 7y ago
    Your anecdotes may be relatively worthless to a company as large as Google, but they may yet be quite valuable to an individual reading your words. Don't be afraid to share your thoughts; sometimes these smaller, more human interactions can make all the difference.
  • epistasis 7y ago
    Representative is not as important as if they influence others to act as well.
    • blaser-waffle 7y ago
      See also: the 90-9-1 rule, aka the 1% Rule "In Internet culture, the 1% rule is a rule of thumb pertaining to participation in an internet community, stating that only 1% of the users of a website actively create new content, while the other 99% of the participants only lurk. Variants include the 1–9–90 rule (sometimes 90–9–1 principle or the 89:10:1 ratio),[1] which states that in a collaborative website such as a wiki, 90% of the participants of a community only view content, 9% of the participants edit content, and 1% of the participants actively create new content." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture) Point is, there may be a lot of eyes that see that post and are influenced by it, but make no posts or generate no discussion of their own.
  • ragequitta 7y ago
    I'd wager the whole 'google has all your health records' scare right now increases the number a bit right now.