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Articles by Mike Develin
The Not-So-Universal Language of Laughter
Several weeks ago, Sarah Larson from The New Yorker published a fun article about e-laughter (all the hahas and lols we use to communicate with our friends online) and their social subtleties. Like any “dialect,” e-laughing is evolving. Curious as to whether her usage followed up-to-date social norms, she consulted her savvy friends for answers. Anecdotally, she found that laughter tended to vary by age and gender. But why rely on anecdotes when you have data?
The Not-So-Universal Language of Laughter
Several weeks ago, Sarah Larson from The New Yorker published a fun article about e-laughter (all the hahas and lols we use to communicate with our friends online) and their social subtleties. Like any “dialect,” e-laughing is evolving. Curious as to whether her usage followed up-to-date social norms, she consulted her savvy friends for answers. Anecdotally, she found that laughter tended to vary by age and gender. But why rely on anecdotes when you have data?
All About That Dress
This piece is based on posts made in the United States during the evening of February 26, 2015. All data has been anonymized and aggregated. Last night saw one of those beautiful moments made possible by the interconnected age we live in: someone posted a picture of a dress, and the Internet lost its collective mind. Was the dress black and blue, or was it white and gold? The furor even drowned out what would ordinarily be a strong viral winner of the day, a video about two llamas on the lam.
Facebook Hilariously Debunks Princeton Study Saying It Will Lose 80% Of Users
Last week Princeton researchers released a widely covered study saying Facebook would lose 80% of its users by 2015-2017. But now Facebook’s data scientists have turned the study’s silly “correlation equals causation” methodology of tracking Google search volume against it to show Princeton would lose all of its students by 2021. A Facebook spokesperson says “the report that Princeton put out is utter nonsense.” Indeed, it’s flawed throughout.
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