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Errr. And how exactly does the general public know whether something is true in order to vote on it? If they knew it was false this wouldn't be an issue to be

• HKH2 4y ago
  What do you think of Urban Dictionary?
  • MichaelCollins 4y ago
    90% of the terms and definitions in urban dictionary read like something a snickering teenager thought up on the spot, not real slang that is/was actually circulating prior to (or after) being added to the site. It's fine because nobody should be taking urban dictionary seriously in the first place; it's just an online amusement. Real dictionaries, even crowdsourced ones like Wiktionary, don't use voting systems like urban dictionary's.
    • kjeetgill 4y ago
      Are you reading it top to bottom somehow that you're even coming into contact with slang you haven't heard used? In my experience it's always filled me in on the precise meaning I've needed.
• pmichaud 4y ago
  I guess the intuition is that it works like a market to converge on truth, but of course there’s no skin in the game and the metrics are all wrong for actual market dynamics.