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Gotta cite your facts when it's about such controversial facts.
Just like literally everywhere else
It's the voting system. Truth is not democratic.
reddit attracts a certain special kind of moron, it's like a honey pot for them
Source?
Nah, it's just as bad everywhere else online, IMO. Youtube and Facebook (including instagram, etc.) comments are unusually bad, though. The general feeling on any social media is that seemingly everyone is falling over themselves and others in a race to be so incredibly stupid and ignorant that it's gone several levels lower than should be possible.
I would classify the people on YouTube and Faceboom as a completely different class of special morons. They are all unique in their stupidity.
The other key factor is to not be an insufferable dickhead when you’re posting. You can post the truest facts known to man but if you come across as a smug asshole then people will naturally be inclined to think your wrong.
I've seen threads just like that on Lemmy, too. People will act like people.
All that matters is whether you're speaking for or against the prevailing assumptions of the site/the subreddit. Most people on the internet are not experts on the topic but somehow already have their minds made up.
Bold of you to assume that they can read.
I've cited nonexistent sources before. It seems convincing and nobody actually checks, so the other guy got downvoted because I got sources. I can imagine they weren't happy about it, seemed like they actually knew their shit.