• Another Catgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 days ago

    beware of sampling bias, only specific personas and activities get posted online for any viewing, most things that happen don’t go to the internet

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        7 days ago

        no, I mean that if u see a specific group of people on the internet doing what you want to do, note that they are a subsample of the people who do what you want to do who also decided to post it on the internet, note that the internet doesn’t have a full unbiased sample of people who do what you want to do. So you can’t learn about things that happen but generally don’t end up on the internet.