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You see this a lot in strange ways these days. Rage bait, feigned ignorance, and things like that. It’s anti-quality and it’s just as effective (if not more) th
by prpl 2y ago
You see this a lot in strange ways these days. Rage bait, feigned ignorance, and things like that. It’s anti-quality and it’s just as effective (if not more) than quality content.
- _DeadFred_ 2y agoWhat was the Twitter joke. 'If I want an answer to a programming question, I post the question, and then an incorrect response from a different account.' No ones posting to help, but a lot will post to smugly correct the wrong answer.
- snowfarthing 2y agoI'm not entirely sure if smugness is the entire reason for doing it -- I suspect that for many of us (particularly autistics like me) there's a certain amount "But someone's wrong on the internet!" syndrome going on. Some of us just can't work up the energy to answer a question, but if we see something wrong, it doesn't sit well with us, and we have to correct it. And yes, sometimes when I see a question I can answer, it gives me the energy to answer it ... but not always ...
- refulgentis 2y agoold IRC joke
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- SpaceNugget 2y agoThis trick has been around forever, it's actually got a name, "goodhart's law"
- sotix 2y agoOh your comment is so clever because now I’ve gone to correct you that it’s actually Cunningham's Law.
- sdwr 2y agoThis is enabled by the Internet and, weirdly enough, by the robustness of our social norms and legal system. It's possible to make 80% of people mad, 20% of people happy, and benefit from the 20% while the 80% can't do anything to you.