Ask HN: Does anyone else lie on the internet?
27 by Mandatum | 32 comments on Hacker News.
Over the years I've found writing on HackerNews, Reddit and other online sites has given me an outlet to get creative and engage with folks in a way that will shift discourse towards something I'm more interested in. I regularly lie and pretend I know about topics and areas I have zero experience in. I began noticing I received more upvotes and engagement when I pandered to views or opinions that are either the direct opposite of what the original content suggests (through cherry-picked exceptions), or I'll find a tangentially related view that's either current and popular, or supports a topic or viewpoint I'd like to know more about - often pandered with some popular topic. Often this results in a thread about stuff that I actually want to read about, or someone actually knowledgeable on the subject will correct me - and call me out, but will receive far less approval (and often be flamed for criticizing me). On the plus side, I get to learn from someone really knowledgeable about how something works! (EDIT: Later I'll often go back and reply to the person saying they are correct, I was wrong - and thank them for their reply.) Here's one of the worst examples (which I regret) because it perpetuates a view about a place I've never been, I've never stepped foot in the continent of Africa - it's one of the few times I wish I could go back and "correct the record": https://ift.tt/uEU7Ocy I know nothing about IP law - >200+ upvotes: https://ift.tt/xNVkFtY I know nothing about, and have never been through Australia's ACCC courts - almost 200 upvotes: https://ift.tt/1RocFvn I've never hosted any copyrighted media, ever: https://ift.tt/fczqH2P I know nothing about tax havens, I've never even submitted my own taxes: https://ift.tt/uTvpNQg Does anyone else do this?
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