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This article would be better if the it provided concrete examples at each level. An example of "leveling up" an idea would also be useful. Otherwise it's a litt
by n4r9 4y ago
This article would be better if the it provided concrete examples at each level. An example of "leveling up" an idea would also be useful. Otherwise it's a little too vague.
Tangentially, "factoid" is one of those words whose meaning is changing because it doesn't sound like what it means. The actual/original definition is "something false that's repeated so often it becomes true". Ironically, the definition of factoid is itself a sort of factoid.
- asplake 4y agoBlame CNN? That’s where I learned the word. From Wikipedia: "factoid: (the CNN version): a little-known bit of information; trivial but interesting data." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factoid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factoid