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Re:Wikipedia Turns 15 by xorcist on Friday January 15, 2016 @01:36PM (#10911131)
The Internet's supply of poseurs is far greater still.

I think Stack Overflow is the canonical example. It feels like I deal daily with people who paste something from Stack Overflow instead of reading up on a library or API. It is made worse by all those to game their score system by being very quick to paste in a semi-related "answer".

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Re:Wikipedia Turns 15 by valarauca1 on Friday January 15, 2016 @02:16PM (#10911417)
The Internet's supply of poseurs is far greater still - Holden Caulfield
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Re:Wikipedia Turns 15 by kensai on Friday January 15, 2016 @03:09PM (#10911753)
Ouch. Nailed it. :D

(unless xorcist is freakin' Holden himself!)

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Re:Wikipedia Turns 15 by soared on Monday January 18, 2016 @09:14PM (#10928470)
At least on the internet you can tell who's lying and who isn't. SO lets you vote. If a bartender blatantly lies to you, you don't find out until days and there is no accountability.
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