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Re:Female monkeys use wile to rally troops by dang on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @12:25PM (#13024087)
That's pure sample bias. You can support anything that way.

Which is not to say that this thread isn't bullshit.

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Re:Female monkeys use wile to rally troops by hashmap on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @06:15PM (#13026575)
When individual comments on Reddit or HN get voted up, they cease to be sample bias and become a reflection of the community's opinion. That's what these sites do.

I guarantee you'd never see a comment like that voted up on r/2xc.

It's a clear indication of a problem with the community, and there's no way you don't see that...?

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Re:Female monkeys use wile to rally troops by dang on Friday November 25, 2016 @02:21PM (#13039168)
Sorry I was late to seeing this.

That's still sample bias: plenty of such comments also get downvoted, and plenty of opposite comments also get upvoted. Drawing general conclusions about the community in this way is projection.

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