@ponderable said
So some facts:

* The software hinders accounts to give more than one thumb.
* each person is assumed to have only one account (TOS)

So, what you mean is, technically speaking, it's not impossible that it's 18 different people, right?

@fmf said
Do you perhaps mean "possibly" rather than "probably"?

No.

'Probably' implies it was likely to be 18 separate people. 'Possibly' implies less certainty.

@fmf said
Do you perhaps mean "possibly" rather than "probably"?

No probably, that is stronger, I not not onyl think that it is possible, of course I do, I think it more probable than any other possibility, but i can't rule out, that any possible combination (one person with 18 account, one person with 17 accounts and one person with several accounts, who happens to just use one for a green thumb here, 18 different operson, of whom all have multiple acccounts, but choose to use just one here, to 18 different people using one account each....) is what happened in fact.

@fmf said
So, what you mean is, technically speaking, it's not impossible that it's 18 different people, right?

Yes.

Doing a Günter Jauch : "Are you sure?", "Are you really sure", "Do you really want to give this answer?" "Do you need some more time to consder?"

@fmf said
You feel I have to "prove" something?

No, neither do I.

Doing a Helmut Schmidt: smoking until well into the 90's and claiming Smoking does no harm.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
No.

'Probably' implies it was likely to be 18 separate people. 'Possibly' implies less certainty.

Ponderable has confirmed that what he means is that, technically speaking, it's not impossible that it's 18 different people.

@fmf said
Ponderable has confirmed that what he means is that, technically speaking, it's not impossible that it's 18 different people.

This is what he meant and what he clearly stated:

No probably, that is stronger, I not not onyl think that it is possible, of course I do, I think it more probable than any other possibility, but i can't rule out, that any possible combination (one person with 18 account, one person with 17 accounts and one person with several accounts, who happens to just use one for a green thumb here, 18 different operson, of whom all have multiple acccounts, but choose to use just one here, to 18 different people using one account each....) is what happened in fact.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
This is what he meant and what he clearly stated:

No probably, that is stronger, I not not onyl think that it is possible, of course I do, I think it more probable than any other possibility, but i can't rule out, that any possible combination (one person with 18 account, one person with 17 accounts and one person with several accounts, who happens to just use one ...[text shortened]... e to use just one here, to 18 different people using one account each....) is what happened in fact.

I think he's in a bit of a muddle. I asked him "So, what you mean is, technically speaking, it's not impossible that it's 18 different people, right?" And he said "Yes". I read some of his subsequent longer post and thought he was just being muddled

@ponderable said
No, neither do I.

So what is your Metal Brain reference for?

@fmf said
I think he's in a bit of a muddle. I asked him "So, what you mean is, technically speaking, it's not impossible that it's 18 different people, right?" And he said "Yes". I read some of his subsequent longer post and thought he was just being muddled

This seems pretty unequivocal:

'No probably, that is stronger, I not only think that it is possible, of course I do, I think it more probable than any other possibility.'

@ghost-of-a-duke said
This seems pretty unequivocal:

'No probably, that is stronger, I not only think that it is possible, of course I do, I think it more probable than any other possibility.'

I think he's just being muddled. He's said "unequivocal" things that seem to contradict each other.

@fmf said
So what is your Metal Brain reference for?

I am trying to add a "Doing a..." normally.

Doing a Helmut Kohl: referring to the code of honour to shield criminals.

@ponderable said
I am trying to add a "Doing a..." normally.

Doing a Helmut Kohl: referring to the code of honour to shield criminals.

So, why did you rely "Yes" to this:

So, what you mean is, technically speaking, it's not impossible that it's 18 different people, right?

@fmf said
So, why did you rely "Yes" to this:

So, what you mean is, technically speaking, it's not impossible that it's 18 different people, right?

Not impossible, but unlikely. (Hence the use of 'probably' and the rejection of your 'possibly' )

You appear to be the only one muddled by this.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Not impossible, but unlikely. (Hence the use of 'probably' and the rejection of your 'possibly' )

You appear to be the only one muddled by this.

Not at all. I don't think those thumbs were given by 18 different people. Woodgirl got around a dozen red thumbs for saying she liked my radio show. I think it's highly unlikely they were given by a dozen different people. Likewise with Indonesia Phil. He said something positive about the radio show and I would be surprised if there were a dozen different people who gave those thumbs. The person who posted as Executioner Brand had 4-5 thumbing accounts, for example.