Ill think on it. Really was just feeling the waters.
To me, everytime there is some major world event, I feel like I go online and there people who are extra hostile and they seem to be pushing a narrative. I dont even want to call them people because its more of a amplification where maybe some real people get wrapped up.
Its almost like a brigade but it seems much larger. Like if their were a dam the gates get opened.
I wish there was a word to describe, words like, “troll” and “brigade” are useful for people so that is kinda why asked the question.
I think it’s a combination of various things.
First, those that have stronger opinions are those that are more probable to post and comment, so most of the milder opinions get muted because it is not worth the effort.
Then you have to add the attention seekers and fear mongers.
I’m sure it’s not that many people compared to those that read whatever and moved on. It would be nice to see the analytics.
I wasn’t talking of making them available or anything like that. I was referring to seeing the ratio of people that saw a post versus those that commented or something like that, my bet is that they make a ridiculously small percentage.
It’s important to understand, there is no ‘feeling the waters’ with ideas. The response to half of an idea is always separate from the response to the whole idea. e.g. ‘I will’ is understood differently from ‘I will kill, tonight’ and both differently from ‘I will kill, tonight, on stage at the comedy club.’ If you want to know how people will react to the whole idea, you have to express the whole idea.
Ill think on it. Really was just feeling the waters.
To me, everytime there is some major world event, I feel like I go online and there people who are extra hostile and they seem to be pushing a narrative. I dont even want to call them people because its more of a amplification where maybe some real people get wrapped up.
Its almost like a brigade but it seems much larger. Like if their were a dam the gates get opened.
I wish there was a word to describe, words like, “troll” and “brigade” are useful for people so that is kinda why asked the question.
I think of bannons “flooding the zone”
So maybe flood would be the word.
I think it’s a combination of various things.
First, those that have stronger opinions are those that are more probable to post and comment, so most of the milder opinions get muted because it is not worth the effort.
Then you have to add the attention seekers and fear mongers.
I’m sure it’s not that many people compared to those that read whatever and moved on. It would be nice to see the analytics.
I just worry analytics would be behind a wall or selectively released.
False data could be more harmful than just not knowing.
I wasn’t talking of making them available or anything like that. I was referring to seeing the ratio of people that saw a post versus those that commented or something like that, my bet is that they make a ridiculously small percentage.
It’s important to understand, there is no ‘feeling the waters’ with ideas. The response to half of an idea is always separate from the response to the whole idea. e.g. ‘I will’ is understood differently from ‘I will kill, tonight’ and both differently from ‘I will kill, tonight, on stage at the comedy club.’ If you want to know how people will react to the whole idea, you have to express the whole idea.