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There were a number of similar comments on HN when they announced. The real lesson? The internet is a shit show.
by ShamelessC 3y ago
There were a number of similar comments on HN when they announced. The real lesson? The internet is a shit show.
- twodave 3y agoI don’t know about you, but I’ve worked with plenty of “engineers” who can’t even properly read a stack trace. Not meaning to offend, most software developers are unable to reason about a system even as straightforward as a messaging client with accuracy, especially a closed source one.
- sbuk 3y agoThis is true, we see it anytime a discussion around email comes up.
- dagmx 3y agoTrue, but there’s a difference in seeing a random anonymous account parroting things and someone with a following pushing it. Honestly many people here, myself too probably at points, tend to just repeat what they’ve heard elsewhere as fact. You can see it if you try and notice phrasing patterns repeating. My real lesson is less that the internet is a shit show (it is though), and more that people like to take a very strong opinion as fact, over a more nuanced opinion that requires understanding of a topic.