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Emotional Comments
Trump vs Math Formula — Facebook Comments the Same
Name-calling similar. Math comments Do stick to the subject.
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Introduction
I look at political Facebook post comments and see so many people who childishly reply to another post by calling the writer a derogatory name (50+%). Or they post a reply that has nothing to do with the original post or the one they are replying to (about 30%). Less than 20% are relevant to the original post or resulting comment.
I expected math formula posts to be different. Comments should be the calculated answer to the posted equation. Much to my surprise, name-calling and irrelevant posts occur there, too, but not at the huge 80% level of political posts.
The Setting
Political-Level-type Facebook Arguments over a MATH Formula?
I read about such things happening in the 1800s, when mathematicians would attack each other with their canes at conferences. I never dreamed that I would see such emotional outbursts over math formulas on Facebook.
