In the Belly of the MrBeast

Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by _DeadFred_ on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @12:37PM (#42700705)

What was the Twitter joke. 'If I want an answer to a programming question, I post the question, and then an incorrect response from a different account.' No ones posting to help, but a lot will post to smugly correct the wrong answer.

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Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by snowfarthing on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @02:17PM (#42702332)

I'm not entirely sure if smugness is the entire reason for doing it -- I suspect that for many of us (particularly autistics like me) there's a certain amount "But someone's wrong on the internet!" syndrome going on.

Some of us just can't work up the energy to answer a question, but if we see something wrong, it doesn't sit well with us, and we have to correct it.

And yes, sometimes when I see a question I can answer, it gives me the energy to answer it ... but not always ...

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Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by refulgentis on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @02:21PM (#42702388)

old IRC joke

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Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by SpaceNugget on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @07:46PM (#42706005)

This trick has been around forever, it's actually got a name, "goodhart's law"

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Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by sotix on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @10:00PM (#42706824)

Oh your comment is so clever because now I’ve gone to correct you that it’s actually Cunningham's Law.

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