Post by Bayes on Apr 25, 2015 12:26:30 GMT -5
Apr 25, 2015 11:07:37 GMT -5 So? said:
Apr 24, 2015 13:10:29 GMT -5 Bayes said:
Just had one of my threads here copied and pasted there as well(on Bayesian statistics). I don't know if I should be flattered that someone thought enough of my topic to copy it word for word, or sad that there are people who are so invested in being able to mock anyone who works in gender or race that they will spend their time reading and copying stuff just to drive traffic to their threads mocking SWS or whatever.I'm actually glad that questions are reposted there since traffic is much higher and you often get good answers like in the case of your question. Very few people come to this site and I imagine it will continue to die out.
I think other site has improved a lot but due to its popularity, it tends to attract people from outside of the discipline along with trolls, etc.
Sociological elites are still over represented at other site but it's becoming more diverse as its userbase has expanded, which is a good thing.
I doubt traffic is much higher. The fact is that the same type of individual who will copy and paste questions to drive traffic (and who will insistently come here to promote and defend it) will also likely create a number of sock puppets to make the site seem active. The interesting question is, of course, what drives someone to be so into this forum drama that they'd keep trying to promote it over here for years. while copying and pasting anything from here there. And then you read their SWS thread or their "otherkin" thread and you realize it is the same old sad sacks trying to be a bit more subtle in their harassment.