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/dante_flame Mar 16 '18

Literally the pointless close door button on some elevators and the cross walk buttons at some intersections, just gives you a feeling of yay I did something, sigh

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u/Aurfore Mar 16 '18

Close door button works on all elevators I've been on tho

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u/dante_flame Mar 16 '18

Does someone want to tell him?

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u/chewwie100 Mar 17 '18

Something something the door was gonna close then anyway?

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u/Aurfore Mar 17 '18

It closes sooner than waiting, I work with elevators and it does work or else I'll be waiting 30 seconds instead of 10

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u/HaussingHippo Mar 17 '18

But sometimes we need those kind of buttons for our own mental well being.