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Christine Andersen
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I have learnt a lot from 'neutral' and 'disagree' comments too Apr 29, 2008

There are a few BrowniZ-hunters who drop agrees all over the place, obviously without being sure what they are agreeing to. But in 'my' languages at least there are also many people who add useful comments.

When they add 'neutral' or actually disagree, and must give an explanation, they often give useful distinctions and explain what expressions fit best in different contexts.

It is still necessary to check their comments and references, but yes, there are colleagues... See more
There are a few BrowniZ-hunters who drop agrees all over the place, obviously without being sure what they are agreeing to. But in 'my' languages at least there are also many people who add useful comments.

When they add 'neutral' or actually disagree, and must give an explanation, they often give useful distinctions and explain what expressions fit best in different contexts.

It is still necessary to check their comments and references, but yes, there are colleagues out there who know more than I do in their fields, and I am very grateful to them. ▲ Collapse
 
Nesrin
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Drives me MAAAD! Apr 29, 2008

LittleBalu wrote:

As simple as that. It's not a matter of peer agreements - ever heard of the bandwagon effect? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwagon_effect


I've often wanted raise that point whenever I felt I was a "victim" of that bandwagon effect, but I didn't want to be seen as a sour grape.

I find that this happens especially when I've submitted a late answer, after an answer had already received 1+ agrees. People then looking at the question seem to assume that the first agreers had a good reason to "prefer" the first answer, so the agrees to that answer keep pouring in!
 
Taylor Kirk
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I honestly don't think the bandwagon effect... Apr 29, 2008

...is that prevalent here. Ninety-nine percent of the time when someone suggests an answer that gets more "agrees" than mine it is a better or more precise term. I don't have too much pride to say so. However, this doesn't mean that the term I proposed was necessarily wrong, but that theirs was simply better or really captured the meaning in the target language. You will notice that two answers with very tiny differences will get lopsided support, not because of the bandwagon effect, but bec... See more
...is that prevalent here. Ninety-nine percent of the time when someone suggests an answer that gets more "agrees" than mine it is a better or more precise term. I don't have too much pride to say so. However, this doesn't mean that the term I proposed was necessarily wrong, but that theirs was simply better or really captured the meaning in the target language. You will notice that two answers with very tiny differences will get lopsided support, not because of the bandwagon effect, but because in a complete evaluation that term beats the other with a single detail. This site is full of extremely educated professionals and I don't think they would compromise intellectual integrity for a couple Browniz. We shouldn't be too proud to admit when someone has beaten us.

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