What makes you say that? I don't understand why the percentage figure
would carry more weight. I look at 13/90 my brain says "roughly twenty
percent", which is too much. Perhaps some people, equally innumerate
as I, misjudge the other way. Either way, the facts remain the same.
Do you think numbers expressed as percentages have a different
psychological effect? Maybe they sound more authoritative or clever?
Clearly whoever titled the article thought it would have more impact. There's a lot of juicy ambiguity behind 14%. A percentage of what? A layman isn't going to know that it's only a 90 person company. They do know that 14% layoffs at a big company is something to get up in arms about.
It would carry more weight to someone who has never heard of Substack or doesn't know how big a company it is. They'd assume it was a large company because of who was reporting about it.
What makes you say that? I don't understand why the percentage figure would carry more weight. I look at 13/90 my brain says "roughly twenty percent", which is too much. Perhaps some people, equally innumerate as I, misjudge the other way. Either way, the facts remain the same.
Do you think numbers expressed as percentages have a different psychological effect? Maybe they sound more authoritative or clever?