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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline... Most posters are already quite fa
by _iyig 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
Most posters are already quite familiar with it, so comments which point to it with no further context or substance tend to get downvoted.
- vanniv 7y agoshrug Thanks for explaining the downvotes. This place does seem remarkably willing to hand those things out, especially considering your average user theoretically isn't allowed to. But thanks for letting me know which unwritten cultural rule I broke this time
- mikekchar 7y agoFWIW (as a meta comment), I was happy to find out that there was a name for this and what that name was. I like it when people ask honest questions and I wish people wouldn't assume sarcasm (though I can fully understand why they do and sympathise).