After writing about the psychological power of the little green bar we know as PageRank, I decided to put my theory to the test at DP. I used nothing more than a simple poll to see whether, after reading my thoughts on how PR might effect people, if it would change minds. I wasn’t at all surprised by the results, which showed a healthy 381 people had read the thread but only 32 daring to dip their toe into the realms of admitting what their views were. (at the time of writing this blog). When I let the cat out of the bag via p.m that it was a test with loaded questions, it went even quieter and no-one else replied. Chinese whispers at work again perhaps? I can almost hear people uttering, ‘What’s this all about?’, or ‘what’s the catch?’ or even ‘I’m not telling’.
