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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are not real estate agents, we are “trolls” trying to get data for a sociology capstone project. We are studying how influential discussions on mom boards are. If some of the stuff we posted sounds wonky, it’s because half our team isn’t from MD and had to ask MD natives about different areas. The person responsible for much of the Pasadena posts was actually not an MD native at all. We created hot button threads about various topics to try to understand the mindset of parents in different metropolitan areas and also estimate how influential these boards are in steering. It was very entertaining being the “trolls” who start hot button topics and watch shitstorms, but more importantly, we have valuable data archived for our capstone. [/quote]

You don't have "valuable data." You don't have data at all -- you have anecdotes.

There is an embarrassing lack of methodology here. Research is, first and foremost, about engaging in a systematic process by which you allow reality to resist your preconceptions about it and [i]tell[/i] you something about the world. It's not just flinging poo at the walls and finding the shitstorm entertaining. That's just a pile of poo.

It's also a literal internet joke -- "I was just doing research."

I really how you get decent feedback about trolling around on the internet and calling it science. I really hope you do. You should learn something from this while you are young and showing your ass is somewhat forgivable. Maybe you will, and maybe you won't. Either way, this isn't contributing anything to knowledge.

And by sockpuppeting, you very clearly violated the TOS. Be sure to put that in your powerpoint. [/quote]

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