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kaieta.bsky.social • 1 day ago

The number of times I've said "People lie" and asked for more data WOOF

Reposted from Josh

I once worked on a visual novel game where all the surveys and focus groups said that nobody wanted romance, they only wanted mystery and sci-fi.

Then 75+% of clicks in-game went to stories with explicit romantic or sexy themes.

www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

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kaieta.bsky.social•1 day ago

I've seen so many times people use data to confirm their gut versus using gut to narrow data. A survey like this without heat mapping etc will lead you down the wrong path. Players lie when they think they should feel shame but, I bet that dataset is REALLY GOOD for identifying how to fix shame

kaieta.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also this data set it about supposed teens, you know the demographic that 100% will lie to their parents about having a relationship...and we all remember when our most cringe self insert M rated fanfics were written

kaieta.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's also for Roblox which has historically had an impersonation problem. How was this survey conducted? Did they check IDs? It could just as easily be that adults posing as teens don't want romance

kiranox.bsky.social•1 day ago

People don't spend enough time thinking about sample size, selection and how these surveys are worded and presented. You can make data say anything under the right circumstances. Agree with everything you said!

kaieta.bsky.social•1 day ago

Plus don't forget that is the period you are exploring a lot of feelings etc. how many AITAH reddit threads from supposed teens and early 20s are shit like "My girlfriend thinks my body pillow is cheating on her"? You think THAT group is going to have a good idea about Romance?!

beefaknee.bsky.social•1 day ago

I can say with 100% certainty I would have lied to the people surveying me out of embarrassment as a teen.

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