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It also reminds me how the most upvoted comments on Reddit often reflect the consensus opinion but not necessarily the truth.
by xyzzy4747 2y ago
It also reminds me how the most upvoted comments on Reddit often reflect the consensus opinion but not necessarily the truth.
- okdood64 2y agoThis is a great line, thanks.
- OJFord 2y agoHow could a voting system anywhere be expected to represent truth rather than consensus?
- xyzzy4747 2y agoIt probably depends if the audience is intelligent and open-minded, but I agree, it will always be biased towards their preconceptions.
- OJFord 2y agoEven then that's consensus on what the participants believe to be true (whether it's what they believed beforehand or not) - not a method of determining what is actually true.
- 65 2y agoAlso, almost always highly emotional if you're on a popular subreddit's post. I picked a random post on the home page, this one for example: https://old.reddit.com/r/clevercomebacks/comments/1i1b4tn/i_definitely_do_not_want_this/ https://old.reddit.com/r/clevercomebacks/comments/1i1b4tn/i_... The comments are all "The oligarchs would never go for it." or "It’s a cult." and on and on. I think this is particularly true in rage bait posts on Reddit, which is most of the home page these days.