This feels like AI usage arguments…

another major global recession next year?

Next year? Not starting next month?

I similarly got ripped apart by Steam fanboys for trying to tout GOG over Steam.

The other place also shows edit times on comments, FYI.

I wonder how heavy the parents are.

All of the above!

Wait… Submitters can edit the image of a Lemmy post after submitting it?! Wow, this platform is really interesting…

What is that black ball that falls on the right side?

I don’t want to touch or support anything that benefits him with a million foot pole.

I hate to break it to you, but probably over half the websites you go to are powered by AWS, Amazon Web Services.

IWNDWYT!

Fair, they can certainly hurt legit, uncommon thoughts… I use them as a minor guide but certainly not the end-all, and have spoken adamantly over the years about comments whose vote counts I strongly thought should be flipped in polarity (in both ways).

Well, it is a mind game, ultimately. We can never know what someone else is really thinking, at least with our current tech (which is why first strike is always so powerful), so it boils down to probabilities determined by track record. I guess this is why the Internet has made for such an interesting cultural time, because it’s allowed never-before-seen anonymity and the brutal honesty that comes with it. All I can say is that you have to learn to be content with probabilities and statistics, because trying to fit almost any aspect of human culture and perspectives into a nice, clean periodic table will leave you with more exceptions than rules!

Or you could consult an LLM, I guess…

Yeah, I was gonna say it’s neither a joke nor experiment: it’s a bet that some people will try it and at least one person won’t call for a refund, possibly by missing the refund window.

Indeed, disclosures are all meaningless. The only truthful ones are the ones that admit AI use; everything else is suspect. What an era we live in…

Mine tried Signal and then vehemently returned to WhatsApp…

All right, you go first.

Sure, though I think concern over misinterpretation is worthwhile! Generally, votes are an indicator of that, I think.

Wait, by “some conversations,” you weren’t hinting at the very conversation you have been participating in?

If so, you realize that you could have dodged all of those downvotes with just a changed comment start of, “Agreed. In fact, […]” instead of proceeding immediately with the “some conversations”… right?! Communication is vital…

Oh, come on, surely you know the answers to these. Nonetheless, I’ll humor you:

How does one know if another is mature enough to give truthful and honest feedback?

See how they provide feedback to/about other people. How accurate are they? Have they been proven wrong? What is their track record? If it’s consistently good, then that’s kind of a really strong voucher, no?

Furthermore, how does one discern if said feedback is actually truthful and honest?

Same as above; did you agree with their assessments of others based on the info you yourself have of those subjects? Can you verify that everything, or at least most of what, they said is correct? If they’re consistently exhibiting honesty, then why is there any reason to doubt it with you?

You neutrally build a case proving or disproving their maturity and trustworthiness. It’s almost scientific!

Man, in that case, you should have recorded the sessions and put them up on YouTube with laugh tracks. Then they’d be hilarious!