Any claim without a URI should be treated as suspicious

Post by Can_Not » Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 12:16 PM UTC

jakelazaroff wrote: post #72

Aerroon wrote: post #44

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> I'd hate to just see a URI and go "OK, I am convinced ty" and automatically pick up the pitchforks against those without. Something to particularly consider are circular references. If you make the reference graph large enough then it's easy to fool people into thinking that there is a valid source for a claim when there actually isn't one. All you have are references that refer to one another. It gets particularly…

I don't think you even need a large graph! People have observed this happening with just two nodes, where one of the nodes is Wikipedia [1] — some website states information they learned on (or copied from) Wikipedia, and then Wikipedia cites that website as a primary source. [1] https://slate.com/technology/2019/03/wikipedia-citogenesis-c...

Then hundreds of websites cite the wikipedia article, some without revealing their source, then become additional citations for the Wikipedia article.

Post by _Microft » Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 12:30 PM UTC

SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #26

_Microft wrote: post #20

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Firefox also allows to search without bringing up the search bar first by setting "accessibility.typeaheadfind" in "about:config" to true. Reducing the timeout for the search bar to disappear after the last keypress is very useful as well. This is hidden behind "accessibility.typeaheadfind.timeout". Caveat: is messes with pages that use normal letters as keyboard inputs, like WASD as movement keys. One might need to…

I use Firefox developer edition - I assume that's set up by default. Though I've learned to work around it, it has driven me mad for so long - I didn't know you could turn it off! Finally, it's fixed! Thank you!

Everyday a good deed - I'm glad I could help ;)

Re: Any claim without a URI should be treated as suspicious

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