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Experts: No Way to Truly Know if Redditor You're Arguing With Is Bot or Child (hard-drive.net)

submitted 1 year ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] ImplyingImplications 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is why I tend not to reply. I make a post and if someone replies with "actually you're wrong" I just move on with my day. I've never seen a reply chain 12 comments deep where the two people arguing come to a reasonable compromise.

[–] TheFonz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've seen it once or twice but it's really rare!

[–] whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I tend to reply more often than is probably good for me not because I care about changing that person's mind, but instead the others that are reading.

[–] TheDeepState@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Welcome to the internet. I don’t see the point of banning someone for a post that no one will ever read again after 12 or so hours.