You can look at practically any popular Reddit thread complaining about X, and find dozens of anecdotes about how they also had problems with X. Once you see th

You can look at practically any popular Reddit thread complaining about X, and find dozens of anecdotes about how they also had problems with X. Once you see these threads enough times, you start to wonder how many people are discussing an actual personal experience, vs. parroting what they've read or heard from someone. I'd be interested to know if there was some type of scientific or trade name for this kind of behavior. In any case, bear in mind that the plural of anecdote is not data.