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		HPsquared on Dec 31, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Nerds of HN, did you overcome loneliness? That's the set of programmers you know personally - this sample is biased towards more socially-engaged programmers (the more social contacts they have, the more likely you are to know them).

panda-giddiness on Dec 31, 2021 [–]

Amusingly, most people are biased towards engaging with people more sociable than they [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship_paradox

HPsquared on Dec 31, 2021 | [–]

It's like how most online content is produced by a vocal minority. Most informal "random samples" are not representative of the population as a whole.

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