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How sad did this experiment really make people? The chart in the study says that people who saw fewer positive posts used one percent fewer positive words and a
by fogof 5y ago
How sad did this experiment really make people? The chart in the study says that people who saw fewer positive posts used one percent fewer positive words and about 0.3% more negative words. But on the other hand, they were seeing fewer positive posts, so maybe they were just replying to the posts they saw in a way that was natural, without their inner emotional state being very affected.
- seattle_spring 5y agoExcuse me, but this is the HN bi-hourly "Facebook is evil" post (tm). Questioning the content is against the rules.
- pindab0ter 5y agoThere’s no need for this.
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- bryan_w 5y agoI mean it is a bit odd that this is from 2012 and was reposted today. It's almost like it was posted because there hadn't been a negative story in while
- imwillofficial 5y agoDoes it matter?