ChristianKl comments on The value of the online hive mind - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 10 April 2014 02:25:04PM 0 points [-]

On thing with facebook that would be interesting to know is whether if you tag a message in a way where it's shown to 10 people instead of 1000 those ten people are more likely to see the message.

I see you cc people in a comment to make them aware of the quesiton. I might copy that approach the next time I have a good question for that format.

Comment author: VipulNaik 10 April 2014 02:36:32PM 0 points [-]

Everybody who gets tagged does receive a notification about the Facebook status, when they next log in to Facebook. So they are highly likely to see it (if they check their notifications).

Moreover, if a few people are tagged, and if some of them comment, that makes it more likely that Facebook will show the post to other people as well (because posts that attract more likes and comments do better on Facebook's news feed algorithms).