Posting something suspect to allow the community to debunk it seems reasonable—you yourself don’t have to take notice, but let other people dismiss it for you. I suppose this could become a problem if people start asking the community to debunk outrageously stupid things as top level posts, but the karma incentives should work to minimize this. Personally, I’m prepared to blow my karma in order to get answers to things that I don’t know.
I agree that in the site’s current form, link sharing is often best relegated to the open thread.
Are we missing a January 2010 meta-thread or can I just not find it?
Posting something suspect to allow the community to debunk it seems reasonable—you yourself don’t have to take notice, but let other people dismiss it for you. I suppose this could become a problem if people start asking the community to debunk outrageously stupid things as top level posts, but the karma incentives should work to minimize this. Personally, I’m prepared to blow my karma in order to get answers to things that I don’t know.
I agree that in the site’s current form, link sharing is often best relegated to the open thread.
Are we missing a January 2010 meta-thread or can I just not find it?
The January Open Thread is here.
No one has made a meta-thread for this month.
Meta-threads should be seasonal, not monthly (i.e. Winter 2010).