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> The biggest thing I learned is don't play devil's advocate. Or do it well. Most of the time, “playing devil’s advocate” is just hypocritical trolling, so we’
by kergonath 4y ago
> The biggest thing I learned is don't play devil's advocate.
Or do it well. Most of the time, “playing devil’s advocate” is just hypocritical trolling, so we’re more or less trained to assume bad faith. Which is an unfortunate bias, but that’s where we are.
On the other hand, posts really need to be very bad to get greyed out. Even if you get a few downvotes, it’s not a huge problem.
- nomel 4y ago> Most of the time, “playing devil’s advocate” is just hypocritical trolling On reddit and twitter, I usually see the opposite of hypocritical lock-step adherence to a narrative, with any nuance and criticism being disallowed and attacked. I tend to assume bad faith for anyone completely taking one side of any complex (and therefore controversial) topic, on the internet.