Socially accepted claims are more likely to recieve votes.
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on February 28, 2007
no matter what the claim or errors contained.
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Discussion (12)
What do you mean by "socially accepted"?
We all have the option to NOT vote on claims.
To me a "socially accepted" claim is one that receives votes.
As this claim is based on your comment, of "enough votes" the number of votes you believe to be enough is purely up to you. (the voter)
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a "socially accepted" claim is one that receives votes.That's circular. True, but meaningless.
You define "socially acceptable" as receiving many votes. Then say that claims that receive many votes are more likely to receive votes.
Well, yes, but uh... not much point to that.
i didn't say "many"
Ah right. Then you seem to be saying that claims that are voted on are more likely to receive votes. That is also true.
Are you more likely to vote on something which you've passed over several times, but decide to vote on it once it has reached a certain mass of votes?
No. But if that is what you are saying, then it makes sense. Thank you for clarifying.
Sure it's circular, but it has more to do with what this claim was based upon.
I totally disagree. People are more likely to vote on a claim that they understand or have an opinion on. Social acceptability has nothing to do with it.
This is why a claim that is super specific (such as "so-and-so is from suchaplace") are less likely to receive votes than something well known (like something political, for example). The votes may be totally even for agree or disagree (leading me to believe it is NOT socially acceptable--otherwise all the votes would be skewed in one direction), but a large percentage of the voting group knows about the subject, thus why they vote.
accepting a claim does not mean you agree or disagree with it, just that you've voted on it.
...well. It is sort of implied that your vote indicates your feelings on the issue, like whether you agree or disagree with the statement as it was made :P
I think this claim may be more about a "wisdom of the crowd" type of thing. The number of votes might subconsciously suggest to the jyter that the claim merits voting on it even if the subject of the claim seems uninteresting, unclear or unintelligible.