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		jlas on Aug 22, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber’s Most Important Innovation Is a Pricing Algo... Anyone else annoyed by the claim that `the general mood being summed up by a tweet calling Uber “price-gouging assholes.”` links to a tweet with underwhelming retweets and favorites? (1 and 2, respectively)

slingerofwheat on Aug 22, 2014 [–]

I'm annoyed by the mentality that the number of retweets and favorites is a gauge for the validity of a claim.

Well, just gotta pay 5 bucks and get a thousand bots to retweet you then.

jlas on Aug 22, 2014 | [–]

I guess one can ask if a tweet is a good measure of public perception in the first place.

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