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by prepend 871 days ago
The same reason there is to doubt anything a stranger says on the internet. People have egos and sometimes tell lies to inflate their egos.

I generally distrust anything people say in communities that supports some personal cause (ie positive comments about their employer, or negative comments about their enemy, etc)

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That didn't really answer my question.

Misanthropic attitudes are not useful or actionable.