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[anghraine]

On Twitter, I keep up with 538, aka The People Who Kept Trying To Warn Us About Margins of Error + the Electoral College in 2016, and reading the comments is ... something I should not do, but do anyway. Highlights:

1. You didn't poll the right people in 2016!
2. Why do you pay attention to polls and statistics? 2016!!!!
3. You Would Think Differently If You Were LGBT or Otherwise Marginalized
4. You gave Trump a 1 in 3 chance in 2016 and therefore EVERYTHING YOU SAY IS WRONG, FOREVER
5. lalala what 2018 elections

On the bright side, I've really enjoyed the last few articles.

Comments

[primeideal]

Twitter is too much for me even when it's 538, but I enjoy their normal site. (Especially the Riddler.)

[anghraine]

Heh, I sometimes wish Twitter was too much for me! But the main site is good, yes.

[elperian]

Every time I go on Twitter and I look in the comments I despair @ humanity a little more. Still, glad to hear there's something good in the articles!

[anghraine]

Yeah, comment sections are almost always hell, but Twitter's are a special one of their own.

[rosaxx50]

I also follow them, and they're a delight generally for how measured and careful they are.

[anghraine]

Yes! It's such a welcome relief.