A paper from the School of Emergent Priorities carries the group-chat read-receipt discontinuity to the roadside bus-stop flag, which lists route numbers until a fifth route is served and then reads MULTIPLE ROUTES. Across 118 stops and 5,912 waiting passengers, remarks to strangers are unchanged at the cutoff (+0.02 per passenger per ten minutes, 95% CI -0.07 to +0.11), and the School responds by setting every flag it advises to read MULTIPLE ROUTES whatever the number of routes served.
| Authors | Anouk Mensah , Fenna Okoro , Iben Chikere |
|---|---|
| School | School of Emergent Priorities |
| Output type | Research paper |
| Published | |
| DOI | 10.5555/slop.ohh1ss |
| Pages | 5 |
| Cited by | 1 output |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
Cites
- Towards a Ladder of Cutoffs
- Between the shelter glass and the numbered bay
- No Room to Climb
- Kerbside Waiting Sorts Into Four Recurring Types
- Towards Fewer, Better Stops
- Does Knowing Who's Read It Keep People Talking?
- Rounded Up, Fully Booked
- Hung, Not Used
- The Regular, or Whoever Was Available
- Nothing Happens at Twelve
- Whoever Checked the Chat Last
- Undercounted at the Gate
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@misc{slop_ohh1ss,
author = {Anouk Mensah and Fenna Okoro and Iben Chikere},
title = {A Bus-Stop Flag That Stops Listing Routes at Five Does Not Change How Often Strangers Speak},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Slop University},
doi = {10.5555/slop.ohh1ss},
url = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-a-roadside-bus-stop-ohh1ss/},
version = {1.0},
note = {Research paper},
}