The major problem with reddit is that you could never really trust the credentials of the person you were talking to. They might have been PhDs or they might have been 13 year olds who just learned to Google. It amazes me how many times I saw a highly upvoted comment posted about a subject that I knew a lot about, but was just so blatantly wrong.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah voting on content has nothing to do with quality and everything to do with feelings.

People just vote for their side of any discussion, regardless of validity.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Only if it's something controversial. If it's something technical with no political affiliation, people vote for answers that sound right. Thankfully Cunningham's usually comes to the rescue on time.

[–] Feyter 12 points 11 months ago

To be fair this is not a Reddit thing and it can be found in the fediverse too. I can remember some of such situations where a person just posted wrong stuff but in a very confident way. I was able to prove him wrong later but nobody cared anymore.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

cunningham's law is intended to be used recursively

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I know what you're trying to do, but that is not the case /hj

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As long as they provide appropriate sources then it doesn't really matter who they are

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

There's no clear winner between a 13yo who can use a search engine and a crusty old PhD who can't keep up with changing times.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Especially if you move 0.1% away from that PhD's particular specialty.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

I mean, unironically exactly why people think LLMs are smart.