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I call that sort of reply "coin operated" - there is some crude pattern recognition that goes on (dropping any subtlety or new information a parent comment may
by version_five 4y ago
I call that sort of reply "coin operated" - there is some crude pattern recognition that goes on (dropping any subtlety or new information a parent comment may be providing) and a sort of pre-recorded viewpoint gets spit out. There are certain topics where it's very common
- listenallyall 4y agoI think it also happens sometimes when the parent comment hits close to home... perhaps someone actually worked on implementing a feature for a few years and even from the inside never figured out the actual purpose of what was being built. That cognitive dissonance hits hard when an outsider points it out in black and white. "Wait, I built non-consensual tracking software? But nobody told me they would use it for that!!!"