The Blockland Forums Experiment

[Kochieboy]

I have currently come up with a brilliant idea to shine light apon how different threads get posts.

What is this about?

I want to show the whole forums how some topics like the MLP thread and the other megathreads stay alive and get posts. Is it arguing, derailing, or is it just standard on-topic discussion?

How does it work?

First I will poll recommendations.

Then I will negotiate with a thread to start the experiment.

Then I will decide on two variables to record.

Then I will start recording the next day. The first day (The control group) will be a standard day in that thread. The second day I will record the first variable, post following that variable such as arguing. The third day I will record the second variable, following that variable such as not arguing.

Then I will calculate the difference between the control, the 1st variable, and the 2nd variable.

Lastly I will post results.

Results

None yet, keep an eye on this to see new results.

Tracking

So far, I do not know what I will use to let people track my progress. I'm thinking twitter.

That's it for now ;)

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[Jetlok]

uh.
what.

[Extrude]

Topics get posts because people like the subject, or hate the poster. Experiment is finished.

[Nymethus]

Does anyone have twitter?

What is twitter?

Topics get posts because people like the subject, or hate the poster. Experiment is finished.

that's so blf

[Mega-Bear]

Hmmm, I think I shall perform a complex experiment just to prove common sense!

[BobSevenSevens]

Seems interesting.

A couple topics you might want to use:

MC topic
TF2 Megatopic (not the trading one)
MS Paint Adventures Topic

[Supersylox]

What is twitter?

/Bitchslap

[Mega-Bear]

Seems interesting.

A couple topics you might want to use:

MC topic
TF2 Megatopic (not the trading one)
MS Paint Adventures Topic

They have a lot of posts because the topics are about a fun or interesting subject.

Seriously this is pretty obvious. Am I missing something?

[Doomonkey]

Use your own topic to experiment.

[Kochieboy]

They have a lot of posts because the topics are about a fun or interesting subject.

Seriously this is pretty obvious. Am I missing something?

Some threads get their popularity from arguments. Some threads aren't just worth posting in.

[Sandvich]

Does anyone have twitter?

What is twitter?
that's so blf

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[Kochieboy]

Poll is up, let the voting begin!

Voting ends tomorrow.

[Mega-Bear]

Pretty damn obvious the MLP thread is going to win.

[Fireboy]

Pretty damn obvious the MLP thread is going to win.

more like the tf2 thread

[Nymethus]

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oh it's a whale

well you shouldn't cut up whales like that

you sick bastard