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Although mildly interesting, this doesn't really explore some of the more interesting dynamics of online conversation. There was a theory over in one borderline
by roenxi 2y ago
Although mildly interesting, this doesn't really explore some of the more interesting dynamics of online conversation. There was a theory over in one borderline famous reddit post that most online conversations were various factions of people who were borderline mentally ill talking to each other. Boiling the situation down to a bell curve over one axis is really underselling the amount of distortion that can take place - the moderate opinion might literally not be hinted at in an online conversation.
But the effect the paper hints at is real. I remember being noting with curiosity that Factorio's positive reviews vs Steam's game stats for their recent expansion and noting that the reviews must have been done by people who probably hadn't seen the expansion's content.
- fragmede 2y agoSpace Age was an unofficial mod for Factorio long before Factorio 2 was released, so those reviews weren't entirely made up.
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- xboxnolifes 2y agoNo it wasn't. That is Space Exploration, and it's wildly different.
- HPsquared 2y agoImportant to note that some types of people post more than others, so a random sample of posts will not have the same properties as a random sample of people.
- gruez 2y agoThat's exactly the thesis mentioned by the parent. >There was a theory over in one borderline famous reddit post that most online conversations were various factions of people who were borderline mentally ill talking to each other. The referenced post: https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/9rvroo/most_of_what_you_read_on_the_internet_is_written/ https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/9rvroo/most...
- xtiansimon 2y ago“…some types of people post more than others…” And some types of modern situations make certain types of people. I’m thinking about people who use financial services and didn’t get their revenue, or “unlimited”, “forever” services which are not, innocently used cloud services with astronomical bills, DCMA takedown for your own content—take your pick, add your own. Infuriated people with no recourse will talk and rant, because it’s free and feels like taking some of your dignity back.
- notnaut 2y agoQuite a few subreddits have flairs applied automatically to comments that show “top 10/5/1% commenter” and by and large commenters who are in the thick of the conversation have those flairs.