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FuehrerStoleMyBike t1_ium2taf wrote

Reply to comment by user-110-18 in [OC] There are more self-described vegans than vegetarians among US users of Twitter by jasonjonesresearch

so what

it speaks of self-described vegans. It doesnt want to find out how many vegans there are it wants to find out how people behave on social media concerning this topic. Anybody who misses this should just leave the subreddit cause its sad.

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user-110-18 t1_ium3kge wrote

The headline is misleading. It implies that the account holder was asked if they were vegan or vegetarian. Many of the other commenters clearly interpreted it this way.

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FuehrerStoleMyBike t1_iumcebo wrote

The meaning of self-descriptive is serving to describe oneself : being or providing a description of oneself.

How is writing it in your twitter profile not "providing a description".

Also one glance at the actual data wouldve solved this missunderstanding. Pointing on others who made the same "mistake" is also a very weak excuse. You make a wrong claim on something that nobody asked for and now you want to push away responsiblity.

So id rephrase and say that you misslead yourself by assuming things before commenting while you had the possiblity to avoid this.

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