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No, it’s a way to react to the tone of the advice. There is a whole genre of « internet advice » (such that: don’t go to college, study a trade, community coll
by hcks 4y ago
No, it’s a way to react to the tone of the advice.
There is a whole genre of « internet advice » (such that: don’t go to college, study a trade, community college is better than regular college) that are repeated by people for many reasons (such as personal cope, political agenda) that don’t include what’s best for the listener.
- anotherman554 4y agoTo be clear, I was just commenting on your use of the word "infohazard". The fact that you used that neologism distracted me from the point you were trying to make because I was wondering what your use of this neologism signaled about you.
- _jal 4y ago> There is a whole genre of « internet advice » that don’t include what’s best for the listener. That's just called "advice". The internet just makes bad advice globally addressable.
- JoshuaDavid 4y agoThe term "infohazard", as I've seen it used, implies something where the information is true but harmful. If John tells me the bus is scheduled to come at 3:00 pm but the bus actually is scheduled to come at 2:55, that is incorrect in a way which harms me, but it is not an infohazard.