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Sometimes we make assumptions about a particular group of people and this poll seems like a great way to challenge those assumptions and take a closer look at w
by sillysaurus3 12y ago
Sometimes we make assumptions about a particular group of people and this poll seems like a great way to challenge those assumptions and take a closer look at who makes up the hacker news community.
HN polls haven't been trustworthy for years. Too many people giving too many false results. Pg noticed this when there was a poll asking about the age of HNers and a bunch of people responded with "Over 80." He mentioned he'd make their fonts extra huge so they'd still be able to read HN.
- mschuster91 12y ago> He mentioned he'd make their fonts extra huge so they'd still be able to read HN. Shit, I'd be happy about this on mobile. HN on mobile Chrome is just painful :'(
- smallegan 12y agoFair enough but I figure it never hurts to ask if there is a chance at learning something new or interesting and the comments in this thread have proved interesting enough for me.
- tokenadult 12y agoCorrection: HN polls were never trustworthy because they are all voluntary-response polls.[1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2177163 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2177163