Hello Richard, On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 11:20:52PM -0500, Richard Eisenberg wrote:
I have not analyzed the data myself, but I wonder how we jumped to the conclusion that the troll was trying to promote Stack. Is there statistical data that supports that conclusion? For example, just reading this thread, it sounds like the bogus responses also really don't like the new release schedule. Maybe the troll wants the old release schedule back and was just lazy about programming the tool to vary the stack/cabal question answers adequately.
If you filter the results for the (impossible) "linux/mac AND notepad++" combination, you can check the pattern-of-action of the troll. Every demographic question is skipped; every "write in" answer is skipped; all the other questions are filled in with a random value, bar the "build tools" one and the "release schedule" one, both having a constant value.