/lit/ - Literature

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So, with all of that said, would any of you guys be interested in making a less pseud version of a /lit/ test that actually works?

While these tests are what they are, I still think we can actually make something that is more accurate and reliable. I can do the tech wizardry since this level of functionality is actually rather trivial to implement. Also I can do it without resorting to advertfagging. Fuck adverts, seriously. We can also explore different algorithms or theoretical frameworks for constructing the test or tests, especially if anons with deeper understandings of psychology and literature feel they have some insight or quality control to contribute. I can even create something like a general framework that can be used by other boards to make tests for their own boards.

For example, a question doesn't have to only affect one "dichotomy", it could have weighted contributions to multiple ones. We also don't have to limit ourselves to one dimensional dichotomies like that. I'm not going to say anything is possible, but I feel like compared to the DichotomyTests in this thread, we can be a lot more imaginative and creative with something like this. Also we don't have to pretend we are doing hard science and take it too seriously.

At least this way when you all want to talk about and compare results, a significant portion of the result won't be outright meaningless from how broken and buggy the implementation is. Recs based on these results will actually mean something and won't be such a colossal waste of anon's time like in this thread.

So anyone interested in something like this? If there is interest I'll make a thread in the near future about it and we can take it from there.

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Fair enough. I'd never try to demand perfection, but I guess that's a good point--it'd be like asking a recovering alcoholic to continue drinking, but only in moderation, which wouldn't be ethical when total abstinence would be much more suited to their needs.

I usually also try to keep this Kierkegaard quote in mind. I know it's his most famous one, but it helps, you know? Kind of nice to know people acknowledge that choosing anything inherently sucks, and all we can do is live with our choices, whether it's abstinence or moderation or something else entirely.