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Leaf Rumours

The Scientific Method

Hypothesis - Internet rumours are stupid and "dangerous"

Conduct an experiment - start BS internet rumour and see what happens

Review data - Nobody believed me

Conclusion - Internet rumours are dangerous


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IT's too bad with how it's being perceived, that he wouldn't accept a deal to a place for the year to strengthen the team and then return to reap the rewards.
 
Jeffler said:
*shrug* If you guys see it this way, I apologize. Didn't mean to hurt feelings. I figured the fact that me reporting a rumour an hour after saying I was going to make one up, 6 hours after bashing people for believing every tweet they see, and after many times of saying I'm not an insider, it wouldn't be taken seriously by anyone other than those I was trying to make an example of.

And it was called forumicefail because the others were under fail, it was just an easy way to organize them at the time.
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But all of this is only valid if it's only people who follow your twitter account, and then buy it despite your earlier warnings.

Even without your prior warnings, just about nobody from the links you provided as proof that you were right, actually believed it on it's face without a legit source backing it up.

There were a few twitter morons, but the vast majority of forum posters you linked to simply didn't believe it.

I find the experiment a little silly and ill conceived, but it's the disingenuous nature of your post game celebration that's aggravating. Be honest with the results of the data from your social experiment (one that honestly, if done correctly I would definitely see the merit in)
 
Can someone get Steve Kouleas up on twitter and get that confirmed, I need the established media to tell me what to think about this.
 
The fine people of ForumIce are completely losing their minds over this, going into total defence mode and stating how I'm Mr. Evil Guy.
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Heh

He obviously doesn't spend much time here if considers being called a moron in less than 200 words "losing their minds"
 
*shrug* If you guys see it this way, I apologize. Didn't mean to hurt feelings. I figured the fact that me reporting a rumour an hour after saying I was going to make one up, 6 hours after bashing people for believing every tweet they see, and after many times of saying I'm not an insider, it wouldn't be taken seriously by anyone other than those I was trying to make an example of.

And it was called forumicefail because the others were under fail, it was just an easy way to organize them at the time.
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What? There's no hurt feelings. It was just dumb, that's all.

I haven't been sitting around all day checking your twitter. I saw the rumour and since it was a poster here, I posted it. Hopefully for your sake people don't stop going to your site because the Kulemin piece was well thought out.
 
"The fine people of ForumIce are completely losing their minds over this, going into total defence mode and stating how I'm Mr. Evil Guy. "

Bwahahaha. What a child.
 
I don't get this kid. Nobody believed his rumour, and nobody's freaking out. And when he posts here, he's conciliatory, but when he goes back to his website he's pointing the finger and laughing about how we fell for it, and are freaking out. Weird.
 
MindzEye said:
Yeah, I'm a little blown away here. He's using a thread where the 1st post is a little incredulous and is just passing it on because she "knows" the guy.

The 2nd post is me questioning who the source is

The 3rd is Volcan calling bullshit

the 4th is Montana filling me in on who the hell he is

5th - HL clarifying who he is

6th - Montana pointing out that it's likely bullshit

7th - HL questioning whether it's a social experiment

etc, etc, etc


And this is somehow proof that internet rumours are dangerous and we shouldn't trust anyone who isn't part of the established media? What the **** kind of flawed thought process is that? Reading the rest of the links he posted as proof, there doesn't seem to be a lot of people diving in believing it either.

Even the HFboarders weren't buying it.

Huge fail Jeffler, huge fail
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That said if no one knew who he was you'd probably be talking about the pros and cons of this trade right now.
 
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