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   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 05:28:23 JST Evan Prodromou

   This is really interesting. I'm read a book first, then search the web and assemble the bits and pieces into a narrative myself. After that, join a community and ask questions and be told that I'm asking the wrong questions and not get any answers. Finally, watch a video.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 05:29:15 JST Evan Prodromou

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     My kids are good at assembling videos from YouTube or TikTok into an informative narrative. I'm kind of impressed at their ability to learn from it.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 05:29:51 JST Evan Prodromou

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     Anyway, interesting results. Thanks all who answered.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 05:36:35 JST Evan Prodromou

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     As a side note, I need a better way to say, "Here are four things. Pick the one that is better than all the others."

     Each time I make a poll like this that is not exhaustive of the space, and I try to make a question that says, "Pick the best of these", I get dozens of responses like, "None of these, something else." I get the impulse, but it's tiring.

     What's a good way to say, "Which is your preferred colour out of puce, apricot, chartreuse and mauve?"

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     Sebastien Provencher (sebprovencher@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 05:39:26 JST Sebastien Provencher

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     @evan I often read those responses to your surveys and I get tired for you. 😅

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 05:43:00 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Calishat

     @researchbuzz that's pretty good!

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     Calishat (researchbuzz@researchbuzz.masto.host)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 05:43:01 JST Calishat

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     @evan Pick your favorite color from this array:

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 05:46:44 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Calishat

     @researchbuzz I get it. I learn a lot from the "none of the above" responses, and they're helpful, but I find the framing as "You asked the wrong question" really exhausting.

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     Calishat (researchbuzz@researchbuzz.masto.host)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 05:46:46 JST Calishat

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     @evan You're still going to get people going "none of the above" but it's at least a small bollard against buttheads

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 12:47:53 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Steve Scotten

     @splicer that's fair.

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     Steve Scotten (splicer@makersocial.online)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 12:47:54 JST Steve Scotten

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     @evan I don’t know. I’ve assumed that you want the longer-form answers that go beyond the checkbox and have intentionally crafted your polls not to have easy, clear, mutually-exclusive choices. I’ve been taking them as writing prompts to take a paragraph or two explaining why it’s a hard choice, or clarifying my assumptions about the meaning of the question.

     Puce, apricot, chartreuse, and mauve, by the way, are all the tools of oppression. Selecting one would make me complicit.