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ok. so. the article was mildly interesting but what I want to know is what is with that dumpster fire of a comments section?
by earthscienceman 6y ago
ok. so. the article was mildly interesting but what I want to know is what is with that dumpster fire of a comments section?
- lifeformed 6y agoI was just thinking that. Why even bother turning on comments if that's what happens? Maybe the final traces of our civilization will be a fossilized hard drive with some internet comments on it.
- mekkkkkk 6y agoCan someone please write a short story with this plot.
- noizejoy 6y agoInternet comments are the result of a giant experiment giving infinite numbers of typewriters to an infinite number of monkeys.
- gridlockd 6y agoDude, what fools these mortals be!
- bsder 6y agoI believe Charles Stross did ...
- SonOfLilit 6y agoI mean, not exactly, but it brings this to mind: http://dresdencodak.com/2009/07/12/fabulous-prizes/ http://dresdencodak.com/2009/07/12/fabulous-prizes/
- ConsiderCrying 6y agoPossibly because nobody who actually reads scientific articles recreationally or for work will read the comments or at least won't consider them a serious discussion. However, leaving the comments off would likely cause those disagreeing to claim it's an "echo chamber" and push them to spread the article with quote tweets about how bad it is, causing much more of a storm. Letting people air their crazy theories is easier than having to deal with them getting built up until your publication is flooded with letters asking to stop whatever perceived malicious agenda you've got.
- hutzlibu 6y agoToo much corona quarantine and self intoxination?
- cosmodisk 6y agoI imagine archeologists digging up some ancient texts, written in a very sophisticated language,which eventually get translated and it turns out to be :" 101 social media tricks you can use to boost your business".
- chrisco255 6y agoYes, I'm fairly convinced that at some point some ancient civilization even more advanced than our own existed...then they invented social media and it all collapsed.
- rbanffy 6y agoI get those Forbidden Planet feelings often.
- dredmorbius 6y agoTell me about it.
- dgut 6y agoThat's actually the reality for a lot of Mesopotamian tablets, e.g "this cow was sold to the neighbor for 2 shekels of silver".
- cosmodisk 6y agoBookkeeping of sorts is extremely old activity.I'm sure as soon as someone said ' you owe me 5 cows.No I don't,we settled last year' a need for bookkeeping was born.