I don't know you at all; please don't take what I'm saying personally. > I'm not trying to convince you trust me, do your own research, I'm just a stranger on

I don't know you at all; please don't take what I'm saying personally. > I'm not trying to convince you trust me, do your own research, I'm just a stranger on the internet. Great, but then you go on. > The word of mouth advice that gets thrown around at raves and places like reddit are often incomplete and terrible bro advise: Your comments are word-of-mouth advice on HN. I think that encourages people, without you intending it, to follow that same advice elsewhere. Lots of well-intentioned people give copious, confident advice without knowing what they are talking about - you can see it on HN and even more on Reddit, etc. If someone doesn't already have expertise, they can't distinguish effectively between truth and misinformation (which is supported by research). I worry people will get hurt. Maybe links to authoritative sources would help. > sidenote: I was very tempted to ask ChatGPT to clean up my comment for readability. Not an enouraging thing to read when veracity is a general worry (again, nothing to do with you personally).