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How often do you write a reply but don't post it because the argument just isn't worth it? (lemm.ee)

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[-] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 64 points 11 months ago

Probably 95% of the time, honestly.

Almost every time, even when it's something I'm a SME about. I just don't want to play the popularity/karma game and deal with nonsense.

[-] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

I used to think that Reddit was the worst about that but Lemmy has topped it. Reddit would be filled with comments from people that were off about something small that I’m a SME about. People on Lemmy like to engage in entire comment chains that are just flat out wrong that they’re confidently incorrect about.

[-] XbSuper@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

And you get shouted down for trying to correct them. I generally prefer to just lurk here, discussion is near impossible.

[-] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 12 points 11 months ago

What is an SME?

[-] prongs@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

Subject matter expert

[-] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 6 points 11 months ago

Ah ok, thanks! Figured it had something to do with "expert" but I couldn't figure it out.

[-] SocialEngineer56@notdigg.com 2 points 11 months ago

Based on comments above - I’m confident SME stands for “Seinfeld Management Explainer”

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