I think that might be endemic to various internet writings: the urge to be the quickest and first to put something out there. I have no doubt some of it can be attributed to prestige - wanting the glory of the internet! (or to be held high in the public eye). I can sort of understand why the average blogger would do something like that, but I'm less understanding when major media outlets seem to be doing the same thing.
Baron of Terribad (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 08/09/11 | Reply
I think this problem has been running rampant in the media ever since the advent of the Internet. The ability to post news immediately has driven media outlets nuts. And the ability to say afterward, "Oh, we made an error; here's a correction" has always been fairly bullshit to me, to be frank. It just shows that getting out earliest means more than being accurate.
It's kinda funny to look at the comments when it first came out, then going to look at them again after the hoax was revealed. Some were quite elaborate and thoughtful, but after the hoax it was more like "fffffffffffffff, trolls!"
I guess the guy who did it hated IE browsers 6 - 8.
Pickle of the Year (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 08/08/11 | Reply
lol, I saw both the original article and the follow-up hoax report as top news articles on linkedin news. Only read the headline for both, haha.
Even if the data were real, I don't think a study like that would really prove anything. I mean, most Japanese people seem to still use IE, but that certainly doesn't mean Japanese people have a lower IQ than American Firefox users. If users of one browser happen to have higher IQs than users of another browser, it's probably just correlated with something else. (e.g. People who are more responsive to Internet trends tend to have higher IQs or something.)
I was looking through some Taiwanese news sites earlier today, and the original study was posted as one of the news stories. (But not the article that stated the whole thing was a hoax!)
Pleiades Rising
Otaku Idol (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 08/09/11 | Reply
@Shinmaru:
I think that might be endemic to various internet writings: the urge to be the quickest and first to put something out there. I have no doubt some of it can be attributed to prestige - wanting the glory of the internet! (or to be held high in the public eye). I can sort of understand why the average blogger would do something like that, but I'm less understanding when major media outlets seem to be doing the same thing.
Shinmaru
Baron of Terribad (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 08/09/11 | Reply
I think this problem has been running rampant in the media ever since the advent of the Internet. The ability to post news immediately has driven media outlets nuts. And the ability to say afterward, "Oh, we made an error; here's a correction" has always been fairly bullshit to me, to be frank. It just shows that getting out earliest means more than being accurate.
Love thy Evangelion.
Pleiades Rising
Otaku Idol (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 08/08/11 | Reply
It's kinda funny to look at the comments when it first came out, then going to look at them again after the hoax was revealed. Some were quite elaborate and thoughtful, but after the hoax it was more like "fffffffffffffff, trolls!"
I guess the guy who did it hated IE browsers 6 - 8.
bellpickle
Pickle of the Year (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 08/08/11 | Reply
lol, I saw both the original article and the follow-up hoax report as top news articles on linkedin news. Only read the headline for both, haha.
Even if the data were real, I don't think a study like that would really prove anything. I mean, most Japanese people seem to still use IE, but that certainly doesn't mean Japanese people have a lower IQ than American Firefox users. If users of one browser happen to have higher IQs than users of another browser, it's probably just correlated with something else. (e.g. People who are more responsive to Internet trends tend to have higher IQs or something.)
I was looking through some Taiwanese news sites earlier today, and the original study was posted as one of the news stories. (But not the article that stated the whole thing was a hoax!)