It's very interesting to me that this is what you took from my experience.poprock wrote:I really don’t have the time or energy to wind people up at that level.
This is the thing, I didn't do a double-blind scientific study, and I regretted that pretty early on. I plan on re-running it soon but the early part of getting the accounts running was tiresome. When you've only got 6 followers people just assume (rightfully in this case) you're not genuine.djchump wrote:@Ham: What was the response to your experimental control account like?
IanHamlett wrote:Mainly I found out the authoritarian left is growing in number and strength.
Your experiment sucks.IanHamlett wrote:...This is the thing, I didn't do a double-blind scientific study, and I regretted that pretty early on. I plan on re-running it soon but the early part of getting the accounts running was tiresome. When you've only got 6 followers people just assume (rightfully in this case) you're not genuine.djchump wrote:@Ham: What was the response to your experimental control account like?
IanHamlett wrote:I can see why you might think that, but the reach of that tweet (which I agree with btw) was hundreds of times bigger than my follower count. If that had been my real twitter account then I'd pretty much have to walk away from it.
I was having a poke to see if my suspicions were right, like taking a different route to work to see which way is quicker. I'm not presenting it as scientific findings but as an anecdote of personal experience related to a news story.djchump wrote:Your experiment sucks.IanHamlett wrote:...This is the thing, I didn't do a double-blind scientific study, and I regretted that pretty early on. I plan on re-running it soon but the early part of getting the accounts running was tiresome. When you've only got 6 followers people just assume (rightfully in this case) you're not genuine.djchump wrote:@Ham: What was the response to your experimental control account like?
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