On: Graph of Foursquare's Popularity After Removing Check-Ins

[wwosik]

Yes, and

    "That's a nice kid you have. It would be really pity if something happened to him, right?"

is a valid worry expressed over someone's child isn't it.

[timr → wwosik]

Make the comparison valid:

"Children who buy our product end up smarter and healthier than those who don't."

...and now it's just marketing. The rep didn't say that the rating would get worse if you don't buy an ad, just that it gets better if you do.

[__david__ → timr]

It's more like a school that sells school pride t-shirts saying, "children who purchase our t-shirts and wear them to school end up with better grades."

"What? No, not because the teachers favor them and inflate their grades, but because they end up with more school pride and do better in class!" Wink wink, nudge nudge.

[timr → __david__]

That's a conspiracy theory, not evidence. But if you're suggesting that's what's behind the extortion claims, I wholeheartedly agree.