Most of What We Read on the Internet is Written by Insane People

Re:Most of What We Read on the Internet is Written by Insane... by oska on Friday January 11, 2019 @08:33PM (#18888888)

> When I'm listening to someone's opinion, I'd like to know more about them, so I can decide for myself how seriously to take it.

This outlook is alien to me. I'm quite the opposite; I'm happy reading and judging anonymous comments purely on the strength of the argument being made there and then (although I don't ignore the background and history of a commenter when that is available to me).

Not attacking your point of view; just very interesting to see an approach described so different to mine.

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Re:Most of What We Read on the Internet is Written by Insane... by brokenmachine on Sunday January 13, 2019 @10:04PM (#18900313)

I'm the same, although I have noticed the same usernames on comments here and there on hn - but not on reddit.

I only look through the post history of someone if I feel they have a particularly interesting outlook, or if they're batshit crazy and I'm a bit bored.

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