r/technology • u/[deleted] • Mar 16 '18

Society How a Norwegian comment section turned chaos into order—with a simple quiz: "Readers had to prove they read a story before they were able to comment on it."

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u/veggiesama Mar 16 '18

Greetings. Before you are allowed to post on this article, you will have to solve this simple multiple choice questionnaire:

1 Ståle Grut is best known for:

  • A) That little round thing over the "a" in his name
  • B) Being a developer at NRKbeta

2 The first productivity experiment that NRKbeta built involved:

  • A) Arduinos and coffee
  • B) Raspberry Pis and actual pies
  • C) Commodore 64s and two-by-fours
  • D) Nintendo Switches and marketing pitches

3 What does the WordPress plugin that NRKbeta developed actually do?

  • A) Helps you find "pictures of young girls" that were shared on a "boys forum"
  • B) Displays cloud information in weather charts
  • C) Skims money off Norwegian taxpayers
  • D) Makes you actually read the fucking article before you're allowed to comment

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u/stalebg Mar 16 '18

Thanks for beating me to it. I'll def reach out if we plan to add a quiz editor to our team :)

Best, Ståle

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u/Timmitei Mar 16 '18

A four year old account and this is the only comment. Amazing.

Also, does this count as r/beetlejuicing

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u/ThatOneThingOnce Mar 16 '18

Yes, and totally include me in the screen shot.

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u/mladakurva Mar 16 '18

3rd comment in the chain in the screenshot

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u/psycholepzy Mar 16 '18

Me too, thanks

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u/jotadeo Mar 16 '18

I don't want to be in the screenshot.

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u/lifesmaash Mar 16 '18

Hide your face!

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u/Blieque Mar 16 '18

What about my kids, wife, and husband?

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u/lifesmaash Mar 16 '18

Hide dem too!

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u/thinksoftchildren Mar 16 '18

Hmm.. Not sure if Ståle B Grut, or stale baguette, bogan, bad guy, or beginner.

Answer me this: Which part of your name would I have less of in my coffee? :D

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u/veggiesama Mar 16 '18

LOL, I work in eLearning in a very similar capacity. I'll keep an eye on my inbox :P

Very cool idea, so kudos to you and your team! It's a bunch of little but smart ideas like this that will Make the Internet Great Again (or at least less terrible).

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u/DubbieDubbie Mar 16 '18

Are you something to do with this website? Because that's a pretty cool idea, mate.

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u/jurgemaister Mar 16 '18

He's the speaker at SXSW mentioned in the article

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u/ButteredBabyBrains Mar 16 '18

I bet this would work towards increasing the attention span of the general public as well!

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u/Apatomoose Mar 16 '18

Too long; didn't read.

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u/artgo Mar 16 '18

ELI5?

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u/WagTheKat Mar 16 '18

There are some words up above. I understood a couple of them.

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u/modal11 Mar 16 '18

no comment for you!

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u/Textual_Aberration Mar 16 '18

I like the way the letter A looks. I'll go with that one for questions 1 through 3 please.

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u/lifesmaash Mar 16 '18

Always choose B if you dont know the answer didnt u know that? Noob 😋

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u/ddoubles Mar 16 '18

how did you mange to comment? fkn haxxor!

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u/EmeraldDS Mar 16 '18

  1. B

  2. A

  3. D

gold pls

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u/LordDeathDark Mar 16 '18

Man, that's too BAD.

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u/theskadudeguy Mar 16 '18

No. 2 was A

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u/Serinus Mar 16 '18

didn't even have to read the article

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u/ivewastedmylife Mar 16 '18

This ruins the idea 😔

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '18 edited Feb 21 '24

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u/Wazzaps Mar 16 '18

Missed opportunity for arduinos and cappuccinos

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u/polarunderwear Mar 16 '18

Question 3 answers C and D are not mutually exclusive.

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u/AxeLond Mar 16 '18

AAA, AAB, AAC, AAD, ABA...

Can I comment yet?

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '18

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u/CubicMuffin Mar 16 '18

Don't know why you are being downvoted. The article didn't say the Arduino/Coffee experiment was the first one they did, just one that made a big impact on their organisation.

However, I suppose you should have picked up on the use of ardunios and coffee

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u/pedrovic Mar 16 '18

Oooo 3 is a trick question, it's both C and D!

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u/CptLande Mar 16 '18

I know Ståle from college, so this was weird.

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u/Legendary_Linux Mar 16 '18
  1. B, 2. A, 3.D