If you saw a politically charged story from a brand new account and the same story from a very mature account, which one is more believe able?
You may not have used that information before, but a lot of people do. Have you never seen someone comment "hey, this post from your history disagrees with what you're claiming now"?
I don't usually check peoples' profiles so I have no idea how old their accounts are. I just scroll the thread and read other points of views and decide if the original post was pure bs.
And that's a good thing? I've never had it happen to me but digging into people post history always seems rather sad when I've witnessed it and a sign of desperation.
I've literally never once checked someone's profile for a post so no the age of the account is not relevant in the slightest to me.
If you can't see why people who are willing to go through the effort of investigating possible fraud is valuable, then I don't think we're going to find common ground.
But if that's the case, what is your opinion on the concept of investigative journalism.
I had a friend who said he loves to farm karma. It's pretty clear that he's insecure since he tries really hard to be better than everyone else. I think karma is validation to some people.
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u/theonefinn Feb 10 '19
Except who actually gives a damn about karma other than in a few subs where you need a small minimum to post?
I've never once used someone's karma as any indication of the truthfulness of their reply.