People are really getting into ‘social experiment’ surveys on Twitter

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When you hear the name “Meryl Streep,” what’s the first movie that comes to mind? Perhaps it’s a classic like Kramer vs. Kramer, or maybe it’s a crowd favorite like Mamma Mia. Or maybe, for reasons no regular human could ever understand, it’s Ricki and the Flash. Everyone’s different!

If seeing a bunch of strangers respond to this prompt appeals to you, you’ll love the “social experiment” happening on Twitter this week. Basically, people are tweeting out categories — colors, One Direction members, Frank Ocean songs — then asking their followers to reply with the first example that comes to mind. The only rule: Don’t read the replies first. Read more…

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