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November 20, 2009 11:04 AM Subscribe
How often have "is s/he into me" questions been answered correctly on here?
Sorry if this is MetaTalk material. I could see it either way, and I decided to hedge my bets in favor of a wider audience.
So, almost every day there are a good handful of questions about whether someone is into someone else or not here on AskMe. How often are the answers correct? For that matter, how often are people correct in real life when asked such questions?
I know that there are often conflicting answers, but the thread usually takes a tone one way or another, or there are one or two exceptionally insightful or well reasoned answers.
It also occurs to me that it would be somewhat more rare to find that someone was into you when you'd decided they weren't, but maybe the thread said "no," but you said "yes" and were right.
Sorry if this is MetaTalk material. I could see it either way, and I decided to hedge my bets in favor of a wider audience.
So, almost every day there are a good handful of questions about whether someone is into someone else or not here on AskMe. How often are the answers correct? For that matter, how often are people correct in real life when asked such questions?
I know that there are often conflicting answers, but the thread usually takes a tone one way or another, or there are one or two exceptionally insightful or well reasoned answers.
It also occurs to me that it would be somewhat more rare to find that someone was into you when you'd decided they weren't, but maybe the thread said "no," but you said "yes" and were right.
This post was deleted for the following reason: I'm not sure how practically answerable this is, but in any case it would need to be a Metatalk discussion, not an Askme. -- cortex
Off the top of my head, I would say fairly frequently.
In the threads I've read, the tone of the thread tends toward a definitive yes/no only if the answer is blindingly obvious ("This person invited me over to their place, texts me a lot, and initiates physical contact frequently. Are they into me?"). Otherwise it usually results in "Just ask him/her!".
posted by ripley_ at 11:15 AM on November 20, 2009
In the threads I've read, the tone of the thread tends toward a definitive yes/no only if the answer is blindingly obvious ("This person invited me over to their place, texts me a lot, and initiates physical contact frequently. Are they into me?"). Otherwise it usually results in "Just ask him/her!".
posted by ripley_ at 11:15 AM on November 20, 2009
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2) I think this probably belongs on MeTa, if it belongs anywhere.
posted by Lutoslawski at 11:08 AM on November 20, 2009