i find it absolutely implausible that novel strings are introduced into internet-language at a constant ratehttps://twitter.com/EricJorgenson/status/935904398894620674 …
-
Show this thread
-
3 replies 0 retweets 2 likesShow this thread
-
Replying to @fire__exit
think about how few words you need in a quoted phrase to find a single match, even ordinary words
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @literalbanana @fire__exit
for instance, prev is the sole tweet with “you need in a quoted” in it
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @literalbanana @fire__exit
“implausible that novel strings” occurs only in your tweet out of the whole internet
1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @literalbanana
it's not that 15% is high or low, but that new strings are introduced to google at a constant proportion of previous strings
2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
-
Replying to @fire__exit
ah I see - hm imagine if all the two-word strings are non-novel and all the three-word strings and above are mostly all novel
3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
maybe the “likely by the nature of language to be novel” long search strings are about 15% of searches by the nature of searches
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.