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Drimble Wedge posted:Why do sites like Facebook, imgur, Reddit etc. all adopt new formats or layouts which the members almost universally hate, yet insist on people using it? How does that benefit the site in terms of revenue? I've pretty much abandoned Facebook now (yeah yeah, I know, no one should use it at all) because it's so loving irritating, and I have adblockers on all my browsers so if there are more ads, I'm not noticing. web "developers" justifying their jobs
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Drimble Wedge posted:Why do sites like Facebook, imgur, Reddit etc. all adopt new formats or layouts which the members almost universally hate, yet insist on people using it? How does that benefit the site in terms of revenue? I've pretty much abandoned Facebook now (yeah yeah, I know, no one should use it at all) because it's so loving irritating, and I have adblockers on all my browsers so if there are more ads, I'm not noticing. More clicks. Each redesign features more clicks for users to do same things as before, which means more ad impressions. New reddit is a good example, you click on a post and it opens a lightbox, but to read the comments you have to click again, then if you want to continue reading a thread of comments you gotta click again, etc etc. Irrespective of how vocal the opposition is, the overwhelming majority of users simply accept it and use the new version, so there's no downside for the company. It is awful.
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If we're talking Facebook, they are constantly adjusting bits of the interface to see what drives more click-throughs, likes, and general engagement with advertising. E: As an example Facebook collects telemetry on how long people hover over videos in their feed while scrolling down. Video advertising can be more profitable, so they redesigned the feed so that videos work better. (And also published some very selective statistics about engagement with video content, so every advertiser and news site suddenly started creating a deluge of video content. This was some years ago) Fruits of the sea fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Nov 26, 2020 |
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Nov 26, 2020 20:54
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dupersaurus posted:It’s not about users it’s about being able to push marketing to those users in new ways to counter subversion of those marketing tools. For all the whining people do about these redesigns, very very few actually quit because of them. it's this, and they'll push different interfaces to different people, informed by all kinds of tiny little metrics you'd never even consider to be revealing. literal ai mind control. the future's so bright i gotta wear shades
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Nov 26, 2020 21:38
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Also, there is someone whose bonus is determined by how many people install the Reddit app. They have a direct incentive to make the mobile website worse to use.
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can we lock threads with sold posts so i don’t have to sort through all the stuff on the samart’s threads it’s kind of annoying idk
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HornyBoy123 posted:can we lock threads with sold posts so i don’t have to sort through all the stuff on the samart’s threads it’s kind of annoying idk try qcs
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Why do so many charts/graphs about covid use log scales instead of linear scales?
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Nov 27, 2020 04:23
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Badger of Basra posted:Why do so many charts/graphs about covid use log scales instead of linear scales? Because they represent data across many orders of magnitude and would be unreadable with linear scales.
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Is there a good "recommend me a very specific product" thread anywhere? In case there isn't: I want to get my father-in-law like, the simplest imaginable mp3 player. He's got Parkinson's and dementia (and a host of other issues), so it needs to be sturdy, have big physical buttons, be dead simple to operate, and...that's about it. Doesn't need a screen. I want to load it up with a bunch of songs so he can just put in headphones and push one button. I basically want a portable/pocket-size version of the iGuerburn simple seniors music player. Anyone have any ideas?
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Trapick posted:Is there a good "recommend me a very specific product" thread anywhere? Gobbeldygook fucked around with this message at 09:21 on Nov 27, 2020 |
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Trapick posted:Is there a good "recommend me a very specific product" thread anywhere? This might work for you https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3684302&pagenumber=108&perpage=40
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Platystemon posted:Because they represent data across many orders of magnitude and would be unreadable with linear scales. Can I present an alternative? Because this isn't always the case. Sometimes it's just lies, drat lies and statistics. You choose which one works best for the point you're trying to make. Like this: Holy poo poo we've got a lot of covid!  Alternate position: Wow, we really flattened that curve! 
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The second graph is legitimately more useful. We’re not even looking at a curve that people were supposed to be trying to flatten. If people believe that the logarithmic graph is a flat curve and the linear one isn’t, layering another misconception on top does not improve the matter. The whole “flatten the curve” rhetoric should have been publicly executed in April, but I’ll get back to that. Why is the second graph more useful? The spread of infectious disease in a vulnerable population is exponential. An exponential function plots a straight line on a logarithmic graph. The slope of the line is related to the exponent of the logarithm. The logarithmic graph readily shows that the U.S. has been under more or less exponential growth this entire time. It started with a large exponent in April and transitioned to a smaller exponent at the end of March/beginning of April. On the linear scale, this is all hidden. If one didn’t know any better, it looks as if the U.S. had zero cases till the last week of March, when in fact that’s when the growth situation improved, and it improved drastically, but not quite to the point of decline. That inflection point makes it clear that the U.S. could have beaten this thing. If it was possible to bend the line that much, it was possible to bend it just a little bit more and save hundreds of thousands of lives. “Flatten the curve” should have been loudly disavowed and replaced with a greater goal. That’s the thing about exponential functions. You either have all the things in short order, or you have none of the things. There is little ground in the middle. It has been said that “the greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function”, but that is not something that can be fixed with inferior graphs.
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I don't think you understood the point of my post. I'm not arguing with a single thing you said. But you are talking about science and math. I'm talking about politics and perception.
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Yeah you gotta remember that the average dipshit on the street has no idea what a logarithm even is. The shape of the graph is all that matters to, say, Fox news.
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Nov 27, 2020 18:09
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logarithm = me drumming on a fallen tree
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Nov 27, 2020 18:14
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Black Friday question: why do fancy clothing stores call them "pant" instead of "pants"?
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Motronic posted:I don't think you understood the point of my post. Neither graph is appropriate for communicating with a television audience. I hope that helps.
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Platystemon posted:The second graph is legitimately more useful. the average person is too stupid to understand this. The stupid/small questions thread is comprised of at least the top 25th percentile of people actually out there.
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Badger of Basra posted:Black Friday question: why do fancy clothing stores call them "pant" instead of "pants"? Jargon sounds sophisticated. “That’s a lovely pant.” “What a beautiful shoe.”
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Methanar posted:the average person is too stupid to understand this. If it’s not a technical question, it’s just griping about journalists, no?
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Platystemon posted:If it’s not a technical question, it’s just griping about journalists, no? journalists are bad, yes
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Platystemon posted:Neither graph is appropriate for communicating with a television audience. Pie charts are perfect for everything. Everyone likes pie!
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I have a specific behavior I'd like to learn more about, but when I try to look it up I keep getting stuff about white noise and ASMR. When I'm thinking about something I've done that I find embarrassing or cringey (could be anything from some dumb teenage poo poo to saying something stupid in front of my boss) I get this uncomfortable feeling that wells up inside of me, and the only relief is to make some kind of noise. Could be a word, a piece of a song, a grunt, whatever--doesn't seem to matter what as long as I vocalize something. The bad feeling immediately goes away when I do this. If I try to hold it in I just get more and more uncomfortable. What's going on here? Is it possible to have very light OCD? I don't feel like I'm obsessing over anything.
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artsy fartsy posted:I have a specific behavior I'd like to learn more about, but when I try to look it up I keep getting stuff about white noise and ASMR. https://ask.metafilter.com/97265/Compelled-to-Blurt
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owlhawk911 posted:logarithm = me drumming on a fallen tree I’m going to kiss you
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I just woke up to my phone and power strip both making a consistent beeping sound, a short double beep (or more of a boop, really). When I unplugged my phone the beeping stopped and would start again when I plugged it back in. I turned off the power strip, and the beeping stopped. The strip seemed very hot. My guess is that it's a warning sign that the power strip is in dangerous condition, but I wanted to make sure. I've found some Q&A threads online that seem to agree, but none of them fit my situation perfectly.
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Google the exact model number of the power strip and "beeping noise" and you'll get the exact reason. Your initial suspicion is probably right, but just double check. You can also get the user manual for the power strip by searching for the model number and adding "filetype:pdf" at the end.
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Gobbeldygook posted:You've developed a verbal tic. It's not uncommon, e.g. this metafilter thread. Wow, this is exactly it. Thanks for the very interesting link!
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Is there a Lego thread anywhere on the forums?
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nemesis_hub posted:Is there a Lego thread anywhere on the forums? It’s in DIY. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3328496
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artsy fartsy posted:I have a specific behavior I'd like to learn more about, but when I try to look it up I keep getting stuff about white noise and ASMR. Huh, I have something similar but it usually manifests in me shouting a curse word or shaking my head back and forth. It's as if remembering an embarrassing moment feels like stubbing my toe. I've never even thought to "hold it in" because it's out before I can think. I normally don't do this around people but it's 2020 and I haven't been around people in months so I'm worried about how this will go in the future. Gobbeldygook posted:You've developed a verbal tic. It's not uncommon, e.g. this metafilter thread. Well poo poo... wash bucket fucked around with this message at 06:04 on Nov 29, 2020 |
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Does anyone remember this really strange (I think goon-made) music video? Here's what I remember about it:
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Do people still smoke opium in the 19th century opium den way, or has it been replaced by heroin/other opiods?
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Badger of Basra posted:Do people still smoke opium in the 19th century opium den way, or has it been replaced by heroin/other opiods? organic, locally-sourced, fair trade opium is making a real comeback as legalization makes smoking weed lame again
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credburn posted:I hope this isn't a question too inappropriate? I'm not sure where I could ask this, so I guess this is as good a place as any. Goons from the long ago, about... um... let's say... in 2000? 2001? In the original DPPH forums there was a girl called Miss M who used to post nude pictures of herself. This led to a lot of drama, as one might imagine, which intensified when it was discovered she was probably underage? Anyway, I say that all that just to jog your memory. The question I have is, she had said she wanted to get into porn. I'm wondering if she ever did, or if she went on to live a moral upstanding Christian life. Not that I want to seek her out like some stalker, I guess I'm just curious. This is definitely a weird question
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credburn posted:I hope this isn't a question too inappropriate? I'm not sure where I could ask this, so I guess this is as good a place as any. Goons from the long ago, about... um... let's say... in 2000? 2001? In the original DPPH forums there was a girl called Miss M who used to post nude pictures of herself. This led to a lot of drama, as one might imagine, which intensified when it was discovered she was probably underage? Anyway, I say that all that just to jog your memory. The question I have is, she had said she wanted to get into porn. I'm wondering if she ever did, or if she went on to live a moral upstanding Christian life. Not that I want to seek her out like some stalker, I guess I'm just curious. 
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