Carl T. BergstromDec 14, 2023

There's a curious new rhetorical strategy I'm encountering more and more often in online spaces wherein ignorance about a claim is taken to refute it. It goes a bit like the script below. It's the death-of-expertise script, but with an additional twist.

Has anyone written about this?

Show threadsmolwaffleDec 14, 2023
@ct_bergstrom
It would be nice if this image had alt text. I was able to read it, but with difficulty.
@hrefna
Show threadCarl T. BergstromDec 14, 2023
@hrefna @smolwaffle it does have alt text.
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@ct_bergstrom
Oh, huh. I must have been misclicking in Fedilab or something, I tried to get to it several times. Well never mind then, and thanks for including it.
@hrefna
Dec 14, 2023 at 5:34pmWeb