π Cunningham's Law π
> Cunningham's Law states "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."
> The concept is named after Ward Cunningham, the inventor of wiki software. According to Steven McGeady,[1] the law's author, Wikipedia may be the most well-known demonstration of this law.[2]
> Cunningham's Law can be considered the Internet equivalent of the French saying "prΓͺcher le faux pour savoir le vrai" ("preach the falsehood to know the truth"). Sherlock Holmes has been known to use the principle at times (for example, in The Sign of the Four.[3]) In "Duty Calls" ("Someone is wrong on the Internet"), xkcd references a similar concept.[4] The Chinese idiom ζη£εΌη "tossing a brick to attract jade" expresses a similar concept.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law
Dan /
npub1k6β¦6lxrv
2024-05-25 18:41:58
in reply to nevent1qβ¦59jh
Author Public Key
npub1k6ae7kh4yu2ya4cut8jeuc4wm05n4xd7fzdycrqk9rns7jl0xhtqh6lxrvPublished at
2024-05-25 18:41:58Event JSON
{
"id": "48c8f8f148e83d962e6bb0b48d8f6846e7b59de73f0cb544361495892ab09815",
"pubkey": "b6bb9f5af527144ed71c59e59e62aedbe93a99be489a4c0c1628e70f4bef35d6",
"created_at": 1716662518,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"p",
"97f8826113744c30bbaa2a715e82a20bfc0b5d183193b120d0c0c7823c97f883"
],
[
"p",
"0872e11215a110c30f7d340b77386b5f9fae2828c387ffe4c5684045f9c19aee"
],
[
"e",
"d2e785c1423d725a051cce4c81248ccd4c1c37d28b3c7d2d19e1d06f8ac920a8",
"",
"root"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://infosec.exchange/@dko/112503194830394911",
"web"
],
[
"e",
"0ba32969eb644f78bc15888b3798a5eed745ec1a50833ce286d425866f76b309",
"",
"reply"
],
[
"p",
"e6fe17666895dee61c236a5d71fd152cb564837bb408026e52d63998e564ed20"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://infosec.exchange/users/dko/statuses/112503194830394911",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://infosec.exchange/users/dko/statuses/112503194830394911",
"pink.momostr"
]
],
"content": "π Cunningham's Law π\n\n\u003e Cunningham's Law states \"the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer.\"\n\n\u003e The concept is named after Ward Cunningham, the inventor of wiki software. According to Steven McGeady,[1] the law's author, Wikipedia may be the most well-known demonstration of this law.[2]\n\n\u003e Cunningham's Law can be considered the Internet equivalent of the French saying \"prΓͺcher le faux pour savoir le vrai\" (\"preach the falsehood to know the truth\"). Sherlock Holmes has been known to use the principle at times (for example, in The Sign of the Four.[3]) In \"Duty Calls\" (\"Someone is wrong on the Internet\"), xkcd references a similar concept.[4] The Chinese idiom ζη£εΌη \"tossing a brick to attract jade\" expresses a similar concept. \n\nhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law",
"sig": "b678de91e55c0aa3fabfb241bc6fa68a2380671614299a538bd3ebb31ad255aa6d0f7d4364756351b483b4478be50fed205ad7ff246df6fccd2d07235361a511"
}