Re:Recklessly Seeking Sex on Craigslist
by muhamm on Saturday April 18, 2009 @08:35PM
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Sure. Sexual frustration is a given. Although not just among hackers. I'm just wondering why there's been a confluence of similar articles in such a short space of time. I'm not complaining about the articles. I think they're all interesting. I just find the timing curious.
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I think it's a kind of feed-forward system. If a person sees a couple sex-themed links on the front page, they are more likely to post another link with that theme.
I don't think that's a feed-forward system ... Sounds more like a positive feedback loop.
There is a damping effect at work also. At some point too many articles about a given topic brings a backlash and the topic is 'done' at least for a while.
Re:Recklessly Seeking Sex on Craigslist
by Xichekolas on Sunday April 19, 2009 @01:17AM
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Often times I'll read a good article here, which leads me to explore a topic further, which can lead to articles I think worthy of posting.
I'd imagine that is why we see things show up in clusters like this.