Most aren’t, but, it’s easy to repeat the words of others. And, some have an incentive to get others to repeat their words as if they were their own. Notice ho

Most aren’t, but, it’s easy to repeat the words of others. And, some have an incentive to get others to repeat their words as if they were their own. Notice how you’ll see a phrase on Twitter one day and a week or month later hundreds of people are using the exact words with an “ugh, doesn’t this idiot understand <received “wisdom”>. IT’S NOT THAT HARD!” tone. It’s amazing to see how quickly groups are able to adopt talking points. My favorite HN example, while not about the humanities, is the conversation about Rust vs. Go before and after the Discord article. Link: https://discord.com/blog/why-discord-is-switching-from-go-to-rust https://discord.com/blog/why-discord-is-switching-from-go-to...