Posted by
glen ep ropella on
Jun 28, 2013; 7:09pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/data-gathering-tp7583345p7583347.html
Steve Smith wrote at 06/28/2013 11:56 AM:
> These all seem like good tools *in principle*, I wonder what it takes to
> make them good tools *in practice*? I suppose an easy, trite answer
> is, *good participation*, and maybe it really is that simple? Kind of
> like (presumably) democracy, the free market, and innovation.
Yeah, I agree with you. I particularly enjoyed trial 156:
http://randomiseme.org/trials/156"As you know, people in Britain are often anaemic. Sometimes this is due
to poor diet, but most often it's due to vampires.
We need people who live in the vampire infested counties of British
isles (consult Wikipedia for your local prevalence) to consume garlic on
a daily basis, or not."
I had a similar feeling about Quora when it started. A friend of mine
gave me an account before it went public and I tried interacting, asking
and answering questions to my best ability. I was put off by the snarky
answers and inane questions. So I killed my account. But now it seems
to be somewhat interesting, though far less successful than
stackoverflow, I suppose.
In the end, we have the age-old aphorism: "You get what you put in" or
"you reap what you sow." I expect that if randomiseme.org were _used_
by people who know and care about the difference between good data and
bad, then it would become useful. Not surprisingly, this is why I still
use Google+, but avoid Facebook like the plague. And, just like the
transition from the internet to the WWW, I expect I'll soon have to
abandon G+ as well.
--
glen e. p. ropella, 971-255-2847,
http://tempusdictum.comTalking about non-linear mathematics is like talking about non-elephant
zoology. -- Stanislaw Ulam
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