I went searching for something today and instinctually clicked on a reddit link. Fortunately the sub was dark for the protest anyway, but it’s crazy how ingrained in me it is to go to reddit for everything.

Unfortunately now we’re going to have to get used to clicking on those clickbait tech articles like “TOP 10 FACEBOOK ALTERNATIVES 2023” to find information, and weed out the crappy blogs.

  • Thekingoflorda@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    The big problem with chatGTP is that you never can be sure that it’s right, you need to check it. On reddit and sites like it, you can see the amount of upvotes, which shows you if they are right or not.

    • juniper_ghost@beehaw.orgEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      I have seen a lot of highly upvoted comments on reddit which were very, very wrong.

      I still use reddit for help on things. But for topics that I’m less knowledgeable about (so I can’t gauge the accuracy myself), I try to just take everything with a grain of salt.

      • Gork@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        It helps that if something is wrong on Reddit, another redditor usually points it out since there are many eyes on any particular thread.

      • Thekingoflorda@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        True, but the chance of it being wrong is substantially smaller than the chance of chatGTP dreaming up something.

    • Jaluvshuskies@lemmy.oneEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      One of my favorite parts about reddit is people will always be there to call out your BS, whether it be via downvotes or a comment. I always appreciated that because more times than not, they will tell them they’re wrong and explain why, sometimes even with sources. A lot of the time, they redirect people to better sources of information, like a telegram group about a custom android rom

      Of course, this isn’t true 100% of the time, not even downvoted comment is wrong - like the other person commented, it’s fair to take it with a grain of salt

      That’s why my solution for this is to research a topic EXTENSIVELY by reading tons of threads and comments about it, put them all together in my head and consider them all, and then decide on the best outcome/answer based on all the research combined. That way, I don’t just rely on 1 person’s response and hope they’re right. For most things though, them being wrong might not even make a huge negative impact

      I’ve found that Redditors also generally have our backs - they warn us about stuff to do or not to do, that companies don’t warn us about because it would otherwise profit them