The Social Experiment - Revision history

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 Have you heard about the Social Experiment? You will.<br />
 Do you say hello in the elevator? You will.<br />
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 $500 is your prize. Social Experimentation starts the week of November 8th.<br />
 Have you heard about the Social Experiment? You have.<br />
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 [[Category:One-off events]]
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+[[Category:Housing scandals]]

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-Have you heard about the Social Experiment? You will.<br /><br />
+Have you heard about the Social Experiment? You will.<br />
-Do you say hello in the elevator? You will.<br /><br />
+Do you say hello in the elevator? You will.<br />
-Do you talk to strangers? You will.<br /><br />
+Do you talk to strangers? You will.<br />
-Listen for the Social Experiment. Say hello in the elevator. Talk to strangers.<br /><br />
+Listen for the Social Experiment. Say hello in the elevator. Talk to strangers.<br />
-This is how you will participate.<br /><br />
+This is how you will participate.<br />
-Do you talk to strangers? You will.<br /><br />
+Do you talk to strangers? You will.<br />
-Do you say hello in the elevator? You will.<br /><br />
+Do you say hello in the elevator? You will.<br />
-How are you doing today? Ask and win.<br /><br />
+How are you doing today? Ask and win.<br />
-$500 is your prize. Social Experimentation starts the week of November 8th.<br /><br />
+$500 is your prize. Social Experimentation starts the week of November 8th.<br />
-Have you heard about the Social Experiment? You have.<br /><br />
+Have you heard about the Social Experiment? You have.<br />
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 * [http://bwog.com/2010/11/21/the-social-experiment-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-216353 A funny Bwog comment about it]
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+[[Category:One-off events]]
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 * [http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/11/16/students-social-columbias-prize/ The Crimson made fun of us]
 * [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2010/11/columbia_is_now_paying_its_stu.html NYMag made fun of us]
 [[Category:Events]]
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	So the [[ISO]] tried to win it collectively, but lost. And lots of [[first-years]] had their [[NSOP]] leaders text them out of the blue for their passwords. And then the winner spent the cash on her sorority dues. And instead of fostering organic elevators conversations or something, people just texted/emailed/Facebooked about it. Que sera sera.		So the [[ISO]] tried to win it collectively, but lost. And lots of [[first-years]] had their [[NSOP]] leaders text them out of the blue for their passwords. And then the winner spent the cash on her sorority dues. And instead of fostering organic elevators conversations or something, people just texted/emailed/Facebooked about it. Que sera sera.
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		+	RAs were compelled to spam their residents with cryptic emails like the following:

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	So the [[ISO]] tried to win it collectively, but lost. And lots of [[first-years]] had their [[NSOP]] leaders text them out of the blue for their passwords. And then the winner spent the cash on her sorority dues. And instead of fostering organic elevators conversations or something, people just texted/emailed/Facebooked about it. Que sera sera.		So the [[ISO]] tried to win it collectively, but lost. And lots of [[first-years]] had their [[NSOP]] leaders text them out of the blue for their passwords. And then the winner spent the cash on her sorority dues. And instead of fostering organic elevators conversations or something, people just texted/emailed/Facebooked about it. Que sera sera.
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		+	<blockquote>
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		+	Have you heard about the Social Experiment? You will.<br /><br />
		+	Do you say hello in the elevator? You will.<br /><br />
		+	Do you talk to strangers? You will.<br /><br />
		+	Listen for the Social Experiment. Say hello in the elevator. Talk to strangers.<br /><br />
		+	This is how you will participate.<br /><br />
		+	Do you talk to strangers? You will.<br /><br />
		+	Do you say hello in the elevator? You will.<br /><br />
		+	How are you doing today? Ask and win.<br /><br />
		+	$500 is your prize. Social Experimentation starts the week of November 8th.<br /><br />
		+	Have you heard about the Social Experiment? You have.<br /><br />
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		+	</blockquote>

	==External Links==		==External Links==

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 [[File:TSEflier.jpg|thumb|A cryptic flier advertising it]]
-'''The Social Experiment''' was an insane venture by [[Residential Programs]] in the fall of [[2010]] whereby it would bribe students to talk to one another. It was scorned and sneered at by students, campus media, and, naturally, national media.
+'''The Social Experiment''' was an insane venture by [[Residential Programs]] in the fall of [[2010]] whereby it literally bribed students to talk to one another. It was scorned and sneered at by students, campus media, and, naturally, national media.
-Basically, everybody got a password, and then you asked people for their password. And then whoever got the most by the end of the event got $500. So the [[ISO]] tried to win it collectively, but lost. And lots of [[first-years]] had their [[NSOP]] leaders text them out of the blue for their passwords. And then the winner spent the cash on her sorority dues.
+Basically, everybody got a password, and then you asked people for their password. And then whoever got the most by the end of the event got $500.
 ==External Links==

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 '''The Social Experiment''' was an insane venture by [[Residential Programs]] in the fall of [[2010]] whereby it would bribe students to talk to one another. It was scorned and sneered at by students, campus media, and, naturally, national media.
 ==External Links==
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 * [http://bwog.com/2010/11/16/social-conundrum/ Bwog on that computer mess-up]
 * [http://bwog.com/2010/09/07/nsop-never-ends/ One of the ambiguous posters that advertised for it]
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	'''The Social Experiment''' was an insane venture by [[Residential Programs]] in the fall of [[2010]] whereby it would bribe students to talk to one another. It was scorned and sneered at by students, campus media, and, naturally, national media.		'''The Social Experiment''' was an insane venture by [[Residential Programs]] in the fall of [[2010]] whereby it would bribe students to talk to one another. It was scorned and sneered at by students, campus media, and, naturally, national media.
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		+	==External Links==
		+	* [http://bwog.com/tag/the-social-experiment/ Bwog's interview with the winners]
		+	* [http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/a-social-experiment-and-a-failed-blog-to-book-pitch/ City Room's post on it]

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