Re: $NORM is dropping! Should we care?

Is there a trend?

What I've noticed, and you didn't include it in your list of possible causes, is that the number of posts by "anonymous monks" seems to be up. I, for one, am less likely to vote on an anonymous post, even if it is useful. So maybe the anonymous postings are "diluting" the results.

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Re^2: $NORM is dropping! Should we care? by Anonymous Monk on Feb 21, 2005 at 09:56 UTC
And even if people voted in the same way for anonymous monk posts as for others, the $NORM would still drop. Anonymous monks don't vote. Of course, it could also mean that more and more people realise that XP is a pointless numbers game, not unlike the lottery (except that there's no price money), and no longer bother to vote. Or that the novelty of voting wears off over time - it no longer produces the thrill. Or it could mean there's an increase of the number of posts per user (or rather, per vote cast). It's still possible for $NORM to drop even if no downvotes are cast at all. And even if every one logging in on a day casts all of their votes.	[reply]

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Re^2: $NORM is dropping! Should we care?
by Anonymous Monk on Feb 21, 2005 at 09:56 UTC

Of course, it could also mean that more and more people realise that XP is a pointless numbers game, not unlike the lottery (except that there's no price money), and no longer bother to vote. Or that the novelty of voting wears off over time - it no longer produces the thrill.

Or it could mean there's an increase of the number of posts per user (or rather, per vote cast). It's still possible for $NORM to drop even if no downvotes are cast at all. And even if every one logging in on a day casts all of their votes.

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