Agree to Disagree and Move On...don't get hostile to posters

bekahlou75

RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
18% INDETERMINATE

Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)

You do realize that your opinion is what is determining the outcome.

theJTfitness

A lot of people get in a tizzy when they don't get their views confirmed. I've seen people skip over perfectly good advice just to get to the advice they want to hear. My favorite threads:

OP: I can't lose weight. I eat 1500 a day. Help.

Reply 1: Are you logging EVERYTHING?
Reply 2: You are probably overestimating your calories.
Reply 3: You probably aren't eating enough.
Reply 4: Are you accurate with your tracking?

OP: Thanks 3 ! Since I'm not losing weight, I'll eat more food! That makes sense!

kgeyser

RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
18% INDETERMINATE

Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)

I'm not sure what you think your point is, as the objective listed above in no way resembles your actual post. But you seem less about facts and more about thinking you are right no matter what, so: Woooo! Yay girl! Muscle weighs more than fat! You keep doing you!

rml_16

RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
18% INDETERMINATE

Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)

Thank you for unfriending me (I guess months ago?).

I mean, you seemed nice, but this post is, well, not.

GLOYWLJ

Forty6and2

RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
18% INDETERMINATE

Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)

That's an awfully small sample size. If the population is the entire internet is the population, the rule of 68 says that your sample size must be at least 68 posts (based on how many MFP users there are). Being that you cannot judge some of the responses as either positive or negative (ie, the pineapple gif) you would have to wait for 68+ determinate responses to determine whether or not your outcome was true.

TLDR; your survey skills are lacking

deksgrl

nancy10272004

RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a condescending comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
18% INDETERMINATE

Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)

Fixed it for you.

redversustheblue

RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
18% INDETERMINATE

Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)

K.

kjo9692

A lot of people get in a tizzy when they don't get their views confirmed. I've seen people skip over perfectly good advice just to get to the advice they want to hear. My favorite threads:

OP: I can't lose weight. I eat 1500 a day. Help.

Reply 1: Are you logging EVERYTHING?
Reply 2: You are probably overestimating your calories.
Reply 3: You probably aren't eating enough.
Reply 4: Are you accurate with your tracking?

OP: Thanks 3 ! Since I'm not losing weight, I'll eat more food! That makes sense!

deksgrl

RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
18% INDETERMINATE

Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)

That's an awfully small sample size. If the population is the entire internet is the population, the rule of 68 says that your sample size must be at least 68 posts (based on how many MFP users there are). Being that you cannot judge some of the responses as either positive or negative (ie, the pineapple gif) you would have to wait for 68+ determinate responses to determine whether or not your outcome was true.

TLDR; your survey skills are lacking

This gif could also be counted as a pineapple gif.

KseRz

RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
18% INDETERMINATE

Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)

IN for skewing your numbers :flowerforyou:

bekahlou75

RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a condescending comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
18% INDETERMINATE

Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)

Fixed it for you.

BAM!

oh wait, is that negative?

Forty6and2

RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
18% INDETERMINATE

Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)

That's an awfully small sample size. If the population is the entire internet is the population, the rule of 68 says that your sample size must be at least 68 posts (based on how many MFP users there are). Being that you cannot judge some of the responses as either positive or negative (ie, the pineapple gif) you would have to wait for 68+ determinate responses to determine whether or not your outcome was true.

TLDR; your survey skills are lacking

This gif could also be counted as a pineapple gif.

IHateThinkingOfAUsername

As I said - I love gifs...

almc170

RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
18% INDETERMINATE

Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)

So you successfully made a troll thread. Yay?

deksgrl

Extra credit for pineapples and cats.

diannethegeek

RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
18% INDETERMINATE

Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)

No.

You know how many times on this site alone I've seen someone's thread go awry and they later say they were doing research for a university assignment?

Please tell me what school you go to that is asking people out of the 7th grade for research into website forum posting patterns.

Your sample size is terrible and you poisoned the well with your initial post to begin with. If this is your idea of "research" you're terrible at it.

I'd have a little more respect for you if you could just be honest. Making up fake surveys to shame people is beyond pathetic.

Or I'm wrong and you just go to a really bad school.

jonnythan

RESEARCH PROJECT: Post a comment on social media simply asking people to be nice in posts to others.
SUSPECTED OUTCOME: Majority of posts will be negative. Results checked after 50 posts.

OUTCOME: 14% POSITIVE COMMENTS
68% NEGATIVE COMMENTS
18% INDETERMINATE

Thank you for proving my point. And to all the positive posters, don't stop what you're doing. ;-)

Your results have been rejected for the following reason:

Experimental design does not match stated project.

Suggested revision:

Change project statement to accurately reflect the experiment performed. Example: "Post a condescending comment directly criticizing the behavior of others and instruct them on how to act differently in the future."

Forty6and2