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Comment author: MrMind 10 October 2014 07:16:08AM 2 points [-]

Do not read the following if you haven't voted yet!

SERIOUSLY!

It's interesting to notice the almost perfect bell curve, centered but slightly nudged toward more activity. My hypotheis: the majority of people noticed no change (me included), but were swayed by your opening comment.
Possibly not because there wasn't any change, but because our brains aren't so good at measuring this kind of data.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 10 October 2014 12:00:53PM 0 points [-]

OK, lets have a look at what happens after I changed the text.

For the record: This is the original wording:

Original text:

Subjectively the Decline of Discussion has reversed. At least it feeld much more lively than in spring. Would you agree?

These are the numbers of the poll options right now:

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