“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning controversial books”

Re:“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning co... by caslon on Saturday June 19, 2021 @02:08PM (#27562821)

Does pg get automatically recommended to all twitter users or something? The replies to his post are pretty low-quality; I'm guessing few people in it have read any of his books (technical or the essay compilation). Why'd he get cursed with such a following?

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Re:“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning co... by adamors on Saturday June 19, 2021 @02:34PM (#27563079)

The tweet is really low quality clickbait so the replies are of same quality. If you actually read the study you'll find that PG's summary has little to do with it. It reads like anti-woke clickbait if anything.

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Re:“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning co... by jahlove on Saturday June 19, 2021 @02:20PM (#27562923)

> Why'd he get cursed with such a following?

My observation is that most twitter replies are pretty low quality across the board. Especially on politics twitter.

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Re:“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning co... by loeg on Saturday June 19, 2021 @02:38PM (#27563120)

He blocks the intelligent critics.

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Re:“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning co... by sibeliuss on Saturday June 19, 2021 @02:18PM (#27562905)

It's the nature of banter constrained by a character count.

Beyond that, PG is a public figured with a huge following, not some obscure academic.

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