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Comparing social media gurus to doctors or surgeons is a bit of a stretch. People ask you for free advice because they don't understand the value of "social me
by fookyong 14y ago
Comparing social media gurus to doctors or surgeons is a bit of a stretch.
People ask you for free advice because they don't understand the value of "social media advice"... most likely because that value is highly subjective and 9 times out of 10 given by some self-proclaimed expert who doesn't have a clue what they are talking about.
However, asking a doctor for advice about a sickness - you can expect a much less subjective answer, from a certified professional (around which there are official regulatory bodies etc). It's easy to understand the value in that and therefore much less likely that the layperson would expect that kind of advice for free.
- paulerdos 14y ago"asking a doctor for advice about a sickness". Odd example given the poor objective performance exhibited by a significant percentage of medical professionals. I remember a study done evaluating the ability of medical professionals to identify spinal injuries in a CAT scan. Very high false positive rates. Scans of normal uninjured people were labeled as herniated discs, etc. Same story with financial professionals, too much subjective judgement involved. Pick a profession that is more objective, eg: civil engineering, will this bridge stand or not.