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Do you see what social media has wrought? How can you trust the herd mentality? Is there a greater source of misinformation, disinformation, and ignorance in th
by wolverine876 3y ago
Do you see what social media has wrought? How can you trust the herd mentality? Is there a greater source of misinformation, disinformation, and ignorance in the history of humanity? (No.)
Regarding things I already know - or even OPs I've read but which most commenters have not - HN is mostly misinformation.
I participate in HN, obviously - only because I've found nothing better (a complement to it, in a way, and maybe there's no known way to improve).
- Jensson 3y agoI'm not sure what you mean? There are commenters here who are wrong, yes. But the discussion in aggregate usually have some people who are correct. Those people are missing in these articles, these articles are mostly just a person who is wrong about a lot of things. There are some nuggets of truths in them but you can't trust any sensational headlines to be representative of what actually happened. If you are saying that most discussions here on HN have zero people who are right, then I strongly disagree. It is very rare for there to be no truths in HN discussions. On reddit however it is very common for me to see not a single reasonable post to be found.
- wolverine876 3y agoHow do you know which comments are accurate? Plenty of research shows that, without expertise yourself, people are awful at that judgment.