sirhugs
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but when she's bad, she's really really good...Opps, my bad!
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but when she's bad, she's really really good...Opps, my bad!
The ones I did check were valid, but I wasn't looking for depth at that moment, so...Do you check those citations? Because they are known to make them up.
A few years back I posted some simulations of how story scores can drift over time, but it looks like the attachments got stripped at some point, maybe in the forum migration. Just as you say, sometimes what looks like a successful story being bombed is just a had a run of luck in the early votes, regressing towards its long-term mean.Before assuming that your highly-rated story is being vindictively down-voted, be aware of this common fallacy:
Regression Fallacy
I suspect that's often the "reason" that highly-rated story scores tend to drop. And having a high rating means that the regression will happen quite fast because more people look at high-rated stories than low-rated ones.
For lists and things like that, Wikipedia is pretty good. For any contentious topic, it's awful.I can't help wondering what you consider a better candidate for that accolade.
It's not a bad place to start, but you have to stay aware that it has volunteer editors that may have an axe to grind on the subject.Ah, Wikipedia, the most accurate website on the entire internet!
It's not a bad place to start, but you have to stay aware that it has volunteer editors that may have an axe to grind on the subject.
A few years back I posted some simulations of how story scores can drift over time, but it looks like the attachments got stripped at some point, maybe in the forum migration. Just as you say, sometimes what looks like a successful story being bombed is just a had a run of luck in the early votes, regressing towards its long-term mean.
I'm not denying that bombing does occur too, but I think people are often too quick to assume bombing as the explanation for a drop without considering other possibilities.
They don't get away with it for long, though, because people do check them.Do you check those citations? Because they are known to make them up.
This was in reference to the AI providing sources, not Wikipedia.They don't get away with it for long, though, because people do check them.
I'm not saying nothing ever gets by, but sourced statements is a feature, not a bug.
There's no joking on LitE allowed. All statements MUST go through hair- splitting arguments to the nth degree, for days and days, until the next joke or generalized statement is made. It's a rule. I looked it up on Wikipedia so it's true.Again, it was a joke.
@nice90sguy,I actually think that people tend to naturally temper their opinions based on other people's opinions - so a person's voting score will be "pulled" towards its existing average -- people prefer to agree with the consensus. And obviously there's the "friends, family and followers" effect for new stories.
@MillieDynamite,However, while I didn't put my usual, one might assume I was joking, as smart-assed remarks from me are almost always jokes.