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Given the demographics, is the 0.8% likely due to HN posters/readers being more at the introverted end of spectrum so slightly less inclined to engage?
by dwd 7y ago
Given the demographics, is the 0.8% likely due to HN posters/readers being more at the introverted end of spectrum so slightly less inclined to engage?
- dang 7y agoYour guess is as good as mine. Maybe they have more IP addresses.
- giancarlostoro 7y agoI would make a basic assumption that most users have either at minimum two IP addresses or three they use for HN. One would be work, another home and at the minimum one would be mobile although I think mobile IP changes as you travel if I am not mistaken and not guaranteed to be static. So potentially more than three but these could be shared among HN users so maybe 2 at a minimum at the very least.
- dang 7y agoThey do change, and quite a lot, which means users often have many mobile IP addresses. However, those same IP addresses often show up for many users, so it's hard to know how the counts shake out.
- dwd 7y agoThat'll be me... Daily one hour train commute, and my IP often changes a number of times as I switch from tower to tower, as well as drop out due to no signal in places. I also switch between networks as my mobile GSM and portable wifi are different providers.
- c3534l 7y agoI'm not sure that's a good assumption. Introverted users may be more likely to participate in online discussions since they prefer it over in-person conversations.
- Zanni 7y agoHmm. I'm an introvert, and I find I'm less likely to participate in online discussions, mostly for the reason cycloptic mentioned above: online discussions will be read by more people and require extra care (which can be emotionally exhausting, especially on a contentious topic). I generally prefer to interact with fewer people, so one-on-one communication or small groups are ideal. You may be conflating introversion with shyness?
- dwd 7y agoI tend to mix introversion with having an overly active internal thinking process. I'm one of those people who pause before responding, because I'm thinking through my response before speaking, rather than blurting out the first thing that comes to mind. I find overthinking a response can also be inhibiting as I can fall into the "do I really need to say that...and now", so I don't.