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Have you noticed this phenomena on forums (programming.dev)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by avocado@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Every time I search something like "Why is X bad?" on reddit or other forums, the majority of comments is always people arguing the exact opposite. This has been my experience countless times over the years. Recently I started searching the opposite of what I want to know, like "Why is X good?", and it works flawlessly.

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[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's essentially Cunningham's Law in action - "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to post a question - it's to post the wrong answer."

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

This plus a dose of a natural disdain for being given an answer in the question.

The proper way to phrase a question should be "what is your opinion on X?". Asking why X is good forces me to accept your assumption that it is good.