This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by neoan
Lately there has been an influx of certain kinds of posts on dev.to that we should probably talk about:
Uneducated opinion pieces
Before I describe what kind of articles I am referring to, let's first clarify what dev.to enabled and what - in my opinion - should not be jeopardized: The absence of gate-keeping, which destroyed the vibe of many other platforms, communities, etc.
However, this inclusiveness has particular dangers that have met a threshold recently. What I am referring to are posts that seem to be driven by a "learn by explaining it" approach and that are often simply too dangerous to leave uncommented. Way too often a mode of speech is used that would lead the beginner to believe that an expert is sharing advice while completely wrong or misleading statements are picked up and quoted. This has become so bad that I find people citing these sources and therefore unwillingly propagate misinformation similar to the false-news phenomenon in the political realm. Additionally, these articles tend to state opinion as fact. In my opinion, it is relatively easy to avoid mixing opinion with facts through language in our field as we only apply established technology.
So what's the call to action?
The question is what this community should do to avoid becoming a heap of nonsense or half-truths rather than a source of actual knowledge, given the understandable fact that many learners aren't able to distinguish between transfer of knowledge and confident nonsense.
Are you expecting the same, or is this observation based on my personal feed? Thoughts?
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by neoan
neoan | Sciencx (2021-11-23T03:01:48+00:00) What is dev.to for?. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2021/11/23/what-is-dev-to-for/
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