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Natalie Solent proven right again

May 28th, 2012 · 7 Comments

What I quickly discovered was that I wasn’t alone. That there were others like you who felt the same. Perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised, but I was. While I was a lone voice in the wilderness, you guys turned the site into a chorus.

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  • 1 BenSix // May 28, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    You’d think a 10-year-old would have learned more words than “Republican” and “hypocrisy”.

  • 2 Tim Newman // May 28, 2012 at 1:32 pm

    I don’t think you needed to start a blog to discover other people don’t like Bush.

  • 3 James James // May 28, 2012 at 5:55 pm

    What did Natalie Solent say?

  • 4 Natalie Solent // May 28, 2012 at 10:09 pm

    Um, I think the passage our host is referring to is:

    “One way in which consensus opinion changes is when scattered individuals become aware that many others share their opinions.”

    link.

    I was talking about the BBC’s Have Your Say section on the website, which at that time had recently moved to allowing readers to sort comments by numbers of recommendations.

    I am sure I was not the first to observe something like that, but let that not discourage our host from making splendid and correct blog posts on the pattern of this most excellent example.

  • 5 So Much For Subtlety // May 29, 2012 at 3:03 am

    Natalie Solent – “I am sure I was not the first to observe something like that, but let that not discourage our host from making splendid and correct blog posts on the pattern of this most excellent example.”

    I am happy to give credit to Ms Solent, but I think it was Peter Mansfield, some time ago, that said the Ottoman Parliament was destabilising because up to then everyone had thought only their part of the Empire was poorly ruled, but now they talked to others and discovered everywhere was.

  • 6 Tim Newman // May 29, 2012 at 7:47 am

    What did Natalie Solent say?

    You’ll know she’s really made it when we’re all asking “What would Natalie Solent say?”

  • 7 Rub-a-dub // May 29, 2012 at 8:41 pm

    ‘Natalie proven right’ is not news!

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