I've noticed that spammers and flamers and agitatators often start thwir usernames with P this is called the "P brain effect" and is still being researched, any thoughts?
Well... there were only 2, and then there was G.O.D., but he changed, so we'll have to wait and see.
well, I like it, and besides that's two thirds of the total, one could at least make a case for the likelihood of being a bad user if your username starts with P, or maybe if you are a bad user you will start your name more often with P, I'm trying to think of which way it goes.
Hmmm... my real name starts with P. But I don't spam.
My real name starts with an A. But I don't know about bad users having P related names.
ie, so far 2 of 3 pruneman, presentiment, GOD.
I don't really think that's true. To name one regular, we also have PinkPanzer (perhaps if a name has two P the bad effect cancels out :P)
I don't think that a generalization like that is fair. Take a look at the usernames that start with P (http://sinisterdesign.net/forum/index.php?action=mlist;sa=all;start=p#letterp). Not most of them are spammers.
Then it must be that bat users gravitate to P names, while the rest are just coincidence.
Or or or!!!!
[spoiler=Click Me!!] The bad people just happen to pick P names by coincidence. [/spoiler]
Aww, but that ruins the fun of figuring out why.
*snicker* :P I know. I just like pointing out the obvious.
Please don't
Quote from: Ertxiem on September 08, 2010, 07:59:18 PM
(Most of the are not) spammers.
That's true, in fact, the only forum member whose username starts with a P and has a significant post count is PinkPanzer, and he didn't get there by spamming. The others, they participate every once in a while, maybe not too often, but they definitely do not spam. So I believe it's safe to assume that their username choices were just a coincidence.
yeah, maybe it could be. I still am amused by the term P brains, even if it isn't true.
I'm going to go with Erts theory I have double P but you know my original was Tastidian.
My name has a P in it. Am I a spammer?
starting with P and we assured that not most people starting with P aren't spammers but most spammers start their names with P.
I don't spam....
But to make this a thoughtful comment what could not be called spamming, I think because P is the 16th letter of the alphabet, and 16 minus the great number of 7 is 9, whose sqrt is 3, added to 16 again is 19.
The 19th day of a month is the 49th day since the first of the previous month, meaning that the actual signifigance of 16 is 49, whose square root is 7, and if you subtract 4 (squared is 16) from it, you get 3 again, representing the trinity of posters: the good (PinkPanzer), the bad (Presentiment) and the ugly (pruneman).
Roundabout and silly enough for ya?
Hahaha
Quote from: Duckling on September 12, 2010, 10:10:09 AM
I don't spam....
But to make this a thoughtful comment what could not be called spamming, I think because P is the 16th letter of the alphabet, and 16 minus the great number of 7 is 9, whose sqrt is 3, added to 16 again is 19.
The 19th day of a month is the 49th day since the first of the previous month, meaning that the actual signifigance of 16 is 49, whose square root is 7, and if you subtract 4 (squared is 16) from it, you get 3 again, representing the trinity of posters: the good (PinkPanzer), the bad (Presentiment) and the ugly (pruneman).
Roundabout and silly enough for ya?
Where did you get the numbers?
hilarious, so we now have a trinity of P names, Good Pink Panzer, bad Presentiment, ugly pruneman.