I wouldn't know. I only know what it's like to (1) set up an account of any type, which usually requires quite a bit of initial activity, followed later by (2) decreased ongoing maintenance.
But, whatever. They set up an automated system that weeded out a human while letting bots run rampant.
Maybe we need a page about "falsehoods programmers believe about human behavior", but they wouldn't read it. :/
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think about the distribution for "number of pictures a new Instagram user posts on their first day"
then think of how far of an outlier your behavior was.
I wouldn't know. I only know what it's like to (1) set up an account of any type, which usually requires quite a bit of initial activity, followed later by (2) decreased ongoing maintenance.
But, whatever. They set up an automated system that weeded out a human while letting bots run rampant.
Maybe we need a page about "falsehoods programmers believe about human behavior", but they wouldn't read it. :/