1457: Feedback - Revision history

42.book.addict: Undo revision 390301 by 203.17.245.207 (talk) again?

2025-11-06T05:48:29Z

Undo revision 390301 by 203.17.245.207 (talk) again?

203.17.245.207: Replaced content with "Hit them back https://www.speed-seo.net/product/negative-seo-service/ whatsapp: +1 (833) 454-8622 info@speed-seo.net"

2025-11-06T04:14:03Z

Replaced content with "Hit them back https://www.speed-seo.net/product/negative-seo-service/ whatsapp: +1 (833) 454-8622 info@speed-seo.net"

82.132.239.95: Undo revision 390027 by 45.131.195.123 (talk) Yep, another one.

2025-11-03T10:50:16Z

Undo revision 390027 by 45.131.195.123 (talk) Yep, another one.

45.131.195.123: Replaced content with "Hello, We’re ready to promote and sell your goods to our customers. Some clients want to order immediately. Please contact us on WhatsApp: +1 548 544 4400 Sincerely"

2025-11-03T06:48:45Z

Replaced content with "Hello, We’re ready to promote and sell your goods to our customers. Some clients want to order immediately. Please contact us on WhatsApp: +1 548 544 4400 Sincerely"

2A01:E0A:487:9070:557C:D14B:CD6A:B28: Undo revision 389628 by 209.87.169.83 (talk)

2025-10-27T10:43:10Z

Undo revision 389628 by 209.87.169.83 (talk)

209.87.169.83: Replaced content with "Hi, We would like to become your reseller. Our customers are asking about your products. Please contact us via WhatsApp:+1 579 660 1705 Regards"

2025-10-27T02:46:50Z

Replaced content with "Hi, We would like to become your reseller. Our customers are asking about your products. Please contact us via WhatsApp:+1 579 660 1705 Regards"

DollarStoreBa'al: bruh really

2025-10-22T13:56:32Z

bruh really

209.50.176.54 at 12:16, 22 October 2025

2025-10-22T12:16:46Z

82.132.239.79: Just.... Reverted. Not doing anything about image-uploads at all.

2025-10-16T13:45:26Z

Just.... Reverted. Not doing anything about image-uploads at all.

《プロキシ》: My vandalism revert didn’t work—CALL FOR HELP

2025-10-16T12:51:48Z

My vandalism revert didn’t work—CALL FOR HELP

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-Hello,
+{{comic
-We’re ready to promote and sell your goods to our customers. Some clients want to order immediately. Please contact us on WhatsApp: +1 548 544 4400
+| number    = 1457
-Sincerely
+| date      = December 8, 2014

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-{{comic
+Hello,
-| number    = 1457
+We’re ready to promote and sell your goods to our customers. Some clients want to order immediately. Please contact us on WhatsApp: +1 548 544 4400
-| date      = December 8, 2014
+Sincerely

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-Hi,
+{{comic
-We would like to become your reseller. Our customers are asking about your products. Please contact us via WhatsApp:+1 579 660 1705
+| number    = 1457
-Regards
+| date      = December 8, 2014

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-{{comic
+Hi,
-| number    = 1457
+We would like to become your reseller. Our customers are asking about your products. Please contact us via WhatsApp:+1 579 660 1705
-| date      = December 8, 2014
+Regards

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-If you are anything like me you likely spend a lot of time taking photos with your mobile phone and posting them to Facebook or Instagram. Well, did you know that you can actually be earning hundreds, or even thousands of dollars each month just by uploading photos to Instagram?
+{{comic
-I was skeptical at first, but this system is the real deal! I got my hands on an evaluation copy of “ProfitGram” a few days ago and I’m already seeing the money flow into my account.
+==Explanation==
-=> https://tinyurl.com/4bffmxys
+Often when connecting to unfamiliar Wi-Fi networks or when in a poorly covered area of a cell network, the signal displayed by the connecting device varies wildly, especially as distance increases. Poor wireless signal and drops in connection can be extremely frustrating, and hence [[Cueball]] has likely tried a variety of methods to improve the signal. As a result of his desperation, he replicates scenarios that are unlikely methods to increase his signal, but in some way mirror conditions where he has been successful finding a signal in the past. His past conditions have somehow led him to having the superstition that holding a pineapple while standing on top of a chair may resolve the problem. Likely, the signal increased at random while he was standing on a chair holding the pineapple, and he erroneously concluded that the chair and pineapple ''caused'' the signal strength increase. It is almost inconceivable that this technique could have any positive effect on the signal. This is related to the idea in comic [[552: Correlation]]. See also the much later [[2259: Networking Problems]].

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-Hit them back
+{{comic
-https://www.speed-seo.net/product/negative-seo-service/
+| number    = 1457
-whatsapp: +1 (833) 454-8622
+==Explanation==
-info@speed-seo.net
+This comic is a joke about the psychological theory that animals conditioned using seemingly random rewards and punishments promotes superstitious behavior, and then extrapolates this theory to humans and Wi-Fi or (more likely) Cellular signal integrity.

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:45, 16 October 2025
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−	'''This ~~page~~ was ~~vandalized~~, and ~~my account permissions do not include uploading images~~. ~~If anyone sees~~ this, ~~the comic~~ is ~~available~~ from a ~~Google search~~. ~~《プロキシ》(XKCD中毒者) 12~~:~~51, 16 October 2025 (UTC)~~'''	+	{{comic
		+	\| number = 1457
		+	\| date = December 8, 2014
		+	\| title = Feedback
		+	\| image = feedback.png
		+	\| titletext = A new study finds that if you give rats a cell phone and a lever they can push to improve the signal, the rats will chew on the cell phone until it breaks and your research supervisors will start to ask some questions about your grant money.
		+	}}
		+
		+	==Explanation==
		+	This comic is a joke about the psychological theory that animals conditioned using seemingly random rewards and punishments promotes superstitious behavior, and then extrapolates this theory to humans and Wi-Fi or (more likely) Cellular signal integrity.
		+
		+	Often when connecting to unfamiliar Wi-Fi networks or when in a poorly covered area of a cell network, the signal displayed by the connecting device varies wildly, especially as distance increases. Poor wireless signal and drops in connection can be extremely frustrating, and hence [[Cueball]] has likely tried a variety of methods to improve the signal. As a result of his desperation, he replicates scenarios that are unlikely methods to increase his signal, but in some way mirror conditions where he has been successful finding a signal in the past. His past conditions have somehow led him to having the superstition that holding a pineapple while standing on top of a chair may resolve the problem. Likely, the signal increased at random while he was standing on a chair holding the pineapple, and he erroneously concluded that the chair and pineapple ''caused'' the signal strength increase. It is almost inconceivable that this technique could have any positive effect on the signal. This is related to the idea in comic [[552: Correlation]]. See also the much later [[2259: Networking Problems]].
		+
		+	[[Megan]] questions his ridiculous behavior, but it seems Cueball has become extremely erratic due to the inconsistent signal strength.
		+
		+	The title text refers to a fictive study that apparently examined the behavior of rats in response to signal strength on a cellphone. It is a reference to {{w\|B. F. Skinner}}'s [[#Skinner's real experiment\|experiments]]. In these experiments, rats and, more frequently cited, pigeons are taught superstitious behavior by being rewarded at random intervals. In this new experiment the rats naturally could not understand the concept of signal strength,{{Citation needed}} so they chewed up the cellphone until it broke, leading to the research supervisors questioning the validity of the study and questioning whether the grant money for the study was well used.
		+
		+	===Skinner's real experiment===
		+	Skinner placed a series of hungry pigeons in a cage attached to an automatic mechanism that delivered food to the pigeon "at regular intervals with no reference whatsoever to the bird's behavior." He discovered that the pigeons associated the delivery of the food with whatever chance actions they had been performing as it was delivered, and that they subsequently continued to perform these same actions.
		+
		+	One bird was conditioned to turn counter-clockwise about the cage, making two or three turns between reinforcements. Another repeatedly thrust its head into one of the upper corners of the cage. A third developed a 'tossing' response, as if placing its head beneath an invisible bar and lifting it repeatedly. Two birds developed a pendulum motion of the head and body, in which the head was extended forward and swung from right to left with a sharp movement followed by a somewhat slower return. Skinner suggested that the pigeons behaved as if they were influencing the automatic mechanism with their "rituals" and that this experiment shed light on human behavior.
		+
		+	For an instance of this experiment being conducted on humans, see this [https://youtu.be/BR-eMMCp7tg Mind Field episode].
		+
		+	==Transcript==
		+	:[Megan is looking up at Cueball who is standing on a chair facing away from her. He is holding a pineapple at breast height in his right hand while he is looking up at his smartphone, which he is holding up above head height in his left hand.]
		+	:Megan: Why are you standing on a chair holding a pineapple?
		+	:Cueball: '''''I wasn't getting good reception but now I am!'''''
		+
		+	:[Caption below the panel:]
		+	:The erratic feedback from a randomly-varying wireless signal can make you crazy.
		+
		+	{{comic discussion}}
		+
		+	[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
		+	[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
		+	[[Category:Phones]]
		+	[[Category:Food]]
		+	[[Category:Scientific research]]

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−	~~[[File~~:~~Feedback.jpg\|thumb\|150px\|Feedback]]~~	+	'''This page was vandalized, and my account permissions do not include uploading images. If anyone sees this, the comic is available from a Google search. 《プロキシ》(XKCD中毒者) 12:51, 16 October 2025 (UTC)'''