Thanks for pissing in the pool I guess.
Ask HN: Does anyone else lie on the internet?
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Re: Ask HN: Does anyone else lie on the internet?
#12I've been participating in online communities since 1996 and no one has yet figured out that I am actually a dog.
Untrue! I've been monitoring you for some years now, and just last month got up enough evidence to bring to the FCC, so that they could revoke your human-impersonation license. Now I have your written confession, too!
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#13Do you really not know anything about these topics or is this post a lie? :)
In case what you're saying is true, props to you for realizing yourself that you're doing something wrong. People stretch the truth sometimes and exaggerate to sound smarter, but in your case it seems to be more than that. You are making up facts (like living in South Africa) that are outright lies. I believe you may need help and should talk to a therapist about this. I may be a sign of something bigger that should be addressed.
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#14I've been participating in online communities since 1996 and no one has yet figured out that I am actually a dog.
Reference for the young'uns: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_...
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#15If I make a claim or state an opinion outside of my normal expertise, I try to back it up with supporting links. Perhaps to similar cases or situations or scholarly articles.
I tend to remain fairly skeptical of claims by users whose names I don't recognise, if they don't provide them.
None of the linked comments did so.
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#16would someone really do that?
just go on the internet and tell lies?
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#17I've been participating in online communities since 1996 and no one has yet figured out that I am actually a dog.
There was a time when the internet was a mythical place, full of fiction and unreality - cyberspace. Nothing was taken for granted here, and everything assumed false.
The culture has shifted. Now we expect the internet to be a faithful representation of reality, the truth - whatever terms you want to use.
There are those of the first order, and those of the second. Before those of the second criticize those of the first, observe that:
"You can be whoever you want to be. You can completely redefine yourself if you want. You don't have to worry about the slots other people put you in as much. They don't look at your body and make assumptions. They don't hear your accent and make assumptions. All they see are your words." [1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_...
Re: Ask HN: Does anyone else lie on the internet?
#18Welcome to the internet. You've figured out yourself that you are a troll.
The answer you are seeking:
Nobody in /r/programming actually knows anything about programming languages or compiler design, there's just a survivor's bias of people using C++, thinking they're better at programming because of it.
Nobody in /r/linux actually knows about kernel or system design, and it's just a bunch of sysadmins circle jerking around that have not a single clue. Everyone that says linux is better will get upvotes, and everyone claiming the opposite (even with founded arguments like the ReactOS guys) get downvotes.
Nobody on qanon/4/8/endchan actually knows anything, because nothing is verifiable that's being trolled in those boards. They are the hyperbole of a self censoring emotional mob that is just aligned through common hate.
Here we are. The internet of deception, where people knowing less are infiltrated to a belief through hate, with opposition and doxxing, and in the beginning through "experts" knowing the "actual truth".
On the internet, nobody can be held accountable. Which also implies that nobody is who they say they are and have to be treated as such.
If you want more details on how Russia operates: "troll factories ghana" will give you some nice documentaries on it. Just don't make the concious bias thinking they're the only ones operating like this.
Re: Ask HN: Does anyone else lie on the internet?
#19I don’t do this, and I strongly object on ethical grounds. You have to either not understand the ramifications and consequences of your words, or be a sociopath.
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#20Thanks for pissing in the pool I guess.
This is the most eloquent way of summing up all my feelings about this.