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b_b  ·  3875 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: On Jumping to Conclusions

Owning you wasn't really the point, FWIW. I just pointed out that we here at Hubski got some learnin' too. It was off handed, and I didn't really put much thought into it.

My interest was piqued however, when you said "I doubt it." For the record, I wasn't offended; I was intrigued by the psychology of it. What does it say about the experience of people on the internet when the default position of users is to assume that other anonymous users are lying when they point out something out of the ordinary about themselves? Are we used to being fed so much bullshit that we can't imagine there are honest people out there? I didn't quite understand. I've familiarized myself with internet etiquette a bit since joining Hubski, but I had never interacted with Reddit, Digg, etc beforehand, so I hadn't been scarred by their vitriolic environment, I guess. So that's why my response to you was a simple "Why?" It wasn't me being a dick; it was a sincere question.