Do not read

caudy · 2009-03-11, 06:40 PM

DO NOT READ

I do graphics at university (a large part of it is advertising) so I wrote this as an experiment to see how many people would click it.

Smilymarco · 2009-03-11, 06:52 PM

I did.

peleschramm · 2009-03-11, 06:57 PM

This isn't a very controlled experiment because it is perfectly easy to hover over the thread title and see the first little bit of what is written in the thread. I do this to most threads I click on, I did it to this one.

caudy · 2009-03-11, 07:03 PM

bummer

I thought it would just be the first line but clearly not.

Harley · 2009-03-11, 07:20 PM

I looked at it but didn't read it. Hope that didn't screw up your experiment.

johnfoss · 2009-03-11, 07:23 PM

I found your text treatment to be graphically boring, but with a decent amount of negative space for the message.

maestro8 · 2009-03-11, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caudy

DO NOT READ

Whatcha gonna do, take away my library card?

You're not the boss of me!

saskatchewanian · 2009-03-11, 10:22 PM

I hovered but then decided to click to see what the responses were. It is sort of a pointless experiment unless you can set up some sort of control to compare it to.

SirSkillz · 2009-03-11, 11:01 PM

crap...i looked at it...

odd thread...

Dane M · 2009-03-12, 03:01 AM

I looked, and I now have less brain cells.

caudy · 2009-03-12, 01:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saskatchewanian

I hovered but then decided to click to see what the responses were. It is sort of a pointless experiment unless you can set up some sort of control to compare it to.

very true

but If I set up a thread saying READ THIS then that would be outright lying and annoy everyone because there would be nothing of any importance.

at least with this thread there is a warning that it's going to be pointless, even if there is reverse psychology.

I may plan this experiment a bit better and try it again in a few months.

UniBrier · 2009-03-12, 03:17 PM

I thought this would be a thread about discouraging the use of print media.

uni57 · 2009-03-12, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UniBrier

I thought this would be a thread about discouraging the use of print media.

Thanks for your input, Steve. I followed the instructions and refrained from clicking. Then I saw that you replied and I thought, "now there's an interesting fellow," so I clicked. I did NOT, however, read the initial post because it explicitly said not to. All this suspense is getting to me, though -- I think I'm going to go have a cheeseburger.

2009-03-11, 06:40 PM	#1
caudy no wheel, no brakes, no insurance Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Leeds + Sheffield, UK Age: 22 Posts: 588	Do not read DO NOT READ I do graphics at university (a large part of it is advertising) so I wrote this as an experiment to see how many people would click it. __________________ my website http://joshcaudwell.com

2009-03-11, 06:52 PM	#2
Smilymarco just call me similymarco Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Mörlach, Bavaria, Germany Age: 25 Posts: 3,366	I did. __________________ Riding for Triton Sponsored by HARTKOR FAKKER Supported by Municycle.com Protected by Better for your body

2009-03-11, 06:57 PM	#3
peleschramm Team Spencer second in command Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sammamish, WA Age: 21 Posts: 3,518	This isn't a very controlled experiment because it is perfectly easy to hover over the thread title and see the first little bit of what is written in the thread. I do this to most threads I click on, I did it to this one. __________________ http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=peleproductions Unicycle for rational thought, open mindedness, and uncertainty. And Spencer. Inventor of the Slapflip.

2009-03-11, 07:03 PM	#4
caudy no wheel, no brakes, no insurance Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Leeds + Sheffield, UK Age: 22 Posts: 588	bummer I thought it would just be the first line but clearly not. __________________ my website http://joshcaudwell.com

2009-03-11, 07:20 PM	#5
Harley Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 886	I looked at it but didn't read it. Hope that didn't screw up your experiment. __________________ Always remember: With patience and perseverance you can piss a hole through a rock.

2009-03-11, 07:23 PM	#6
johnfoss North Shore ridin' Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Carmichael, CA Posts: 14,927	I found your text treatment to be graphically boring, but with a decent amount of negative space for the message. __________________ John Foss "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" www.unicycling.com "Unicycling is a way of looking at the world, making a choice to slow down, finish what you start, doing things not because they're easy, but because they're a challenge." -- Nurse Ben

2009-03-11, 10:22 PM	#8
saskatchewanian ERIC P Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denare Beach, Saskatchewan, Canada Age: 27 Posts: 5,244	I hovered but then decided to click to see what the responses were. It is sort of a pointless experiment unless you can set up some sort of control to compare it to.

2009-03-11, 11:01 PM	#9
SirSkillz phlhatt Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: B.C. Canada Age: 19 Posts: 982	crap...i looked at it... odd thread... __________________ "My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world." -Jack Layton ^3rd - 540 Unispin Comp^

2009-03-12, 03:01 AM	#10
Dane M Muni Crash Test Dummy Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: US - Santa Barbara, CA Age: 23 Posts: 2,552	I looked, and I now have less brain cells.

2009-03-12, 03:17 PM	#12
UniBrier Time To Ride Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brier, WA USA Age: 53 Posts: 4,232	I thought this would be a thread about discouraging the use of print media. __________________ Steve Hop Drop & Roll “If something is too hard to do, then it's not worth doing. You just stick that guitar in the closet next to your shortwave radio, your karate outfit and your unicycle and we'll go inside and watch TV.” – Homer

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