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xkcd #2899: Goodhart's Law (imgs.xkcd.com)
submitted 9 months ago by randomaccount43543 to c/xkcd
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[later] I'm pleased to report we're now identifying and replacing hundreds of outdated metrics per hour.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (3 children)

This post has quite some upvotes which is a good metric righ?

[–] indepndnt 4 points 9 months ago

I dunno but it's got 17 comments right now which is also a good metric.

[–] SendMePhotos 2 points 9 months ago

It's a good metric if you aren't chasing it.

[–] ladicius -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is not crappy reddit. Who cares for upvotes.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So what is your metric?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I prefer to keep scores off so I like comments, even the ones that disagree with me

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Have a comment than!