I do very little offline communication with young people anymore and tend to think Reddit is representative. I mean, it is big, right?
Reminds me of this essay by Scott/Yvain where he mentions a reddit thread of over 10,000 comments specifically looking for people who opposed gay marriage, but with practically nobody who opposed gay marriage participating.
A great reminder that while increasing sample size decreases random bias, it does nothing to reduce systemic bias.
True. Hmm...
I do very little offline communication with young people anymore and tend to think Reddit is representative. I mean, it is big, right?
Reminds me of this essay by Scott/Yvain where he mentions a reddit thread of over 10,000 comments specifically looking for people who opposed gay marriage, but with practically nobody who opposed gay marriage participating.
A great reminder that while increasing sample size decreases random bias, it does nothing to reduce systemic bias.
True. Hmm...