Comment on A fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 months

• SARGE@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s the point.

  Set the bar low, but just high enough that tons of people still trip over it.

  Sit back and enjoy the comment wars.

  The people who are confident but wrong are too proud to admit they were wrong even if they realize it, and comment angrily.

  The people who are right and know why, comment for corrections and some to show off how S-M-R-T they are.

  The people who are wrong but willing to accept that just have their realization and probably don’t think about it again. So do the people who don’t know and/or care.

  But those first two groups will keep the post going in both shares and comments, because “look at all these wrong people”

  It’s all designed to boost engagement.

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I like the version where these problems are made purposefully ambiguous so people will fight over it and raise the level of interaction

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    • SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I like the version where these problems are made purposefully ambiguous

      None of them are ambiguous. They all have only 1 correct answer, just like this one only has 1 correct answer. They all test if people remember the order of operations rules. Those who got it wrong, don’t.

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      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Lmao here we go

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This right here is exactly why it’s been so popular for so long.

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• AnotherPenguin@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And it will go even lower as people start relying mpre on AI…

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• rigatti@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  G U I N U S.

  I know it’s probably a typo, but I’m enjoying it.

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  • czardestructo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I would like to say it was on purpose but it was not :( I might do math, spelling is not my forte.

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  • dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s jeenyus you moran!

    All I can envision with your alternative is Whoopi Goldberg with a very fanciful hat serving drinks in space.

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