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How long before the Streisand Effect outperforms Barbra herself?


One datapoint: I know about Streisand because of the Streisand Effect.


Make that 2. I knew about the effect for years before I learned who she was.


It outready outperformed the topic of this room for example


Not much - she's a boomer icon, but as soon as that generation kicks the metaphorical bucket...


Streisand was 22 in 1964 when her career kicked-off with Funny Girl. I think she (like Marvin Hamlisch) was more popular with the 'Silent Generation' (1928-45).


> it would be like buying a pair of shoes and then expecting to get a partial refund

I'd think of it more like treating any consumer of a product as an investor at the same time


Alternate/additional explanation for the findings: cheating continued after the campaign, but wealthier students were less afraid of the consequences than poor students.


Alternate alternate explanation: wealthier students also stopped cheating, but corruption became even more rampant in the grading stage. A lot of papers were "marked" so that they could be recognized by the graders and given a more favorable grading.

I know people which were a constant 5 at math through high school but which got 9.85 in the exam (1-10 grades at the time).

Teachers preferred corruption to happen in the exam room, since it was the students cheating, than in the grading stage where they were liable.


dread sets in


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