but also a bunch of nerds who close their eyes and cover their ears while screeching nonsense the moment something they don’t like comes about.
This is too true.
It seems like a recent thing, not just a Lemmy thing.
But yeah, it’s pretty wild providing linked academic papers and having people just downvote it. Not really dispute or reply to it, just "no, I don’t like this, so fuck its citations."🔻
Up until maybe 3-4 years ago I don’t ever recall that happening.
This is too true.
It seems like a recent thing, not just a Lemmy thing.
But yeah, it’s pretty wild providing linked academic papers and having people just downvote it. Not really dispute or reply to it, just "no, I don’t like this, so fuck its citations."🔻
Up until maybe 3-4 years ago I don’t ever recall that happening.