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comment by mknod
mknod  ·  3816 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is Hubski An Echo Chamber?

    Personally, I am not looking for a site where I have to deal with people making comments such as "source?"

This is irritating to the nth degree to me. While I think it's important to back up facts if you are giving them, simply saying "source?" is one of the laziest and irritating things I see online.

Not everything has a source for one thing, I don't need peer reviewed papers to tell me that toilet paper in my bathroom is white.

For another thing, I've noticed this HORRIBLE trend where people will post things with lines like:

source: "I ate burritos last night"

That is NOT EVEN a source! If I were to write a paper on how I've discovered a magentic monopole, submit it to Physical Review A, and say source: "I once lived in Alaska, there are magnetic monopoles up there", they wouldn't even laugh at me, it's in the realm of Not Even Wrong

The whole questioning for sources online gets me really angry. I've seen arguments turn into "Who ever can find the most papers on a subject wins". It's ridiculous and one of the many reasons I am glad for hubski.





humanodon  ·  3816 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yes, well said. When I see "echo chamber" it has a negative connotation, but I am all for a site culture where we can talk to each other about things and if we have a disagreement, we can be open to educating each other.

mknod  ·  3816 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sorry humanodon, I went off on a bit of a rant there but I was happy to find someone who shared my opinion about the subject :D

humanodon  ·  3816 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No worries pal, I bet it bothers some other people on hubski too!