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Yes, I'm not quite sure what the solution would be. It's unfortunate that the purview of this forum would include discussion for which users tend to produce comments of both high technical quality and occasionally mixed quality otherwise. I'm not the first person to say this, also, but I think the technical expertise many can claim creates a false sense of security in attempting to analyze and comment on things outside their experience. raises hand I just wonder what structural changes would facilitate a better experience beyond just, "Hey guys let's do 'better'."



I think I'd just put that down to the human condition. We all like to have thoughts and opinions on things, derived from our own knowledge and experience. We can't all be experts in everything and neither should we be.

While some of these thoughts are definitely unwelcome, as they should be (we do need boundaries), I'm quite happy to engage with the mixed and low quality non-tech content either to educate myself to other points of view, or to attempt to counter them in the case of misunderstanding. And that's what a good debate is all about.

For me, that's a great experience because I enjoy being given the opportunity to be sensibly proven wrong.




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