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Warnock's dilemma
- emmelaich 4y agoThis has been submitted a few times before, but with very few comments. Let's see how this goes.
- thunderbong 4y agoI should respond! I've never seen this posted before. I learned something new today!
- classichasclass 4y agoI see what you did there.
- themodelplumber 4y agoAh, this relates to what I call the Helveticomment (see profile). For general situations, I'd guess there are at least 5-10 more really good types of interpretations to be explored, on top of Warnock's originals. (And on top of the others suggested in the article)
- natmaka 4y ago3. no one read the post, for whatever reason ... may have many quite different causes, such as some unusual activity (much more posts nearly simultaneously published, also "for various reasons"), bug, shadow banning... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_banning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_banning
- KennyFromIT 4y agoFirst time I'm learning about this. Is it possible to take content that falls into this category and then reformulate it so that it produces more responses?
- uoaei 4y agoYou have rediscovered "outrage porn"
- samdung 4y agoNow i found a term to explain why no one commented on my last post.
- andrewfong 4y agoWarnock's first case doesn't seem to apply to modern social media? A "perfect" post that doesn't warrant a comment will simply get upvoted / liked / boosted / etc. And in a sufficiently large community, there are plenty of people willing to say "This" or "I agree" even if that doesn't add much to the conversation.
- ttoinou 4y agoThe Like button was added after this dilemma and is a way to reduce its effects
- yowzadave 4y agoI have a related problem in my personal life: in social situations with my wife, I sometimes make a joke that gets crickets. She will wait a minute, then make the same joke…and get a huge response. One of the drawbacks of being married to someone who is more likeable/has a better comedic timing than you.
- smegsicle 4y agowhats the problem your wife doesnt deserve to save the joke you botched?
- fshbbdssbbgdd 4y agoWhat do you think is the intention behind repeating the same joke? Does it to give you gratification knowing the joke is a good idea, even if people don’t like your delivery? Kind of like how many of the #1 hit songs are written by the same Swedish guys you never heard of?
- DoreenMichele 4y agoLooking at secondary and tertiary "responses" can help you make useful inferences in the face of zero comments.
- 8f2ab37a-ed6c 4y agoLove the concept, I might have been one of the people occasionally sharing it on here.
- irrational 4y agoIs there a similar dilemma for comments? If you are in discussion (or argument) with someone online and they stop responding, is it because they have become convinced? Is it because they have come to the conclusion that they are wasting their time trying to convince you that you are wrong? Did they get bored and wander off? Are they busy or go to sleep and might respond later? Did something happen to them?
- tuatoru 4y agoIn my case, it's almost always because I have to go to sleep.
- ggm 4y agoA complaint ietf draft authors can relate to. Good ideas get crickets, bad ideas go deep.
- kkoncevicius 4y agoToday there is also a third possibility: your account is shadow-banned.