I think this kind of fallacy can also be caught by measuring the median number of like across the day instead of mean. I did it and did not find that much difference in the results.
I'll try your point 1, haven't thought of this one though.
And I plan to make an article about "famous" poster and their stat that will deal about point 2.
If we assume the opposite of "some people are great writers", namely "most people are bad writers", then there might be a situation where the majority make not good articles that aren't affected by time of day. In such a scenario using the median would be less telling.
That said, most posts here are pretty well-made, so that shouldn't be a problem. If it were the case, then the median would br pretty much even across all times of day, so if you didn't see much difference, then that disproves it.
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I think this kind of fallacy can also be caught by measuring the median number of like across the day instead of mean. I did it and did not find that much difference in the results.
I'll try your point 1, haven't thought of this one though.
And I plan to make an article about "famous" poster and their stat that will deal about point 2.
If we assume the opposite of "some people are great writers", namely "most people are bad writers", then there might be a situation where the majority make not good articles that aren't affected by time of day. In such a scenario using the median would be less telling.
That said, most posts here are pretty well-made, so that shouldn't be a problem. If it were the case, then the median would br pretty much even across all times of day, so if you didn't see much difference, then that disproves it.