Timeline for Why is this question about the solar eclipse so heavily downvoted?
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| Aug 22, 2017 at 11:27 | history | edited | OliMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 22, 2017 at 3:42 | comment | added | user692175 | If the claim was somehow notable, a belief held by a significant number of people or made by some celebrity, it would be good for Skeptics | |
| Aug 21, 2017 at 18:31 | comment | added | Byte Commander Mod | In that case the fix would be to downvote and delete the wrong answer, not the question. | |
| Aug 21, 2017 at 13:51 | comment | added | Oli Mod | I think that in a sane world, this might have been fine (with serious amounts of polish, and explanation). In the world I've witnessed in the past 18 months, I can easily imagine a Q like this attracting a one-in-a-billion, worst-case answer and then that being cited, far-and-wide as why Ubuntu and/or Linux is unfit for purpose. And then aliens. | |
| Aug 21, 2017 at 11:17 | comment | added | Byte Commander Mod | I also don't see any risk of false education if you have a question "Is X dangerous for Y?" and it gets correctly answered with yes or no, including some references to support the claim. I agree it's not really for Ask Ubuntu, but it should have been a valid question on e.g. Super User or Physics. Following the OP's request to delete the post is okay for me, but they only requested it because of the extremely negative feedback, which would not have been necessary. | |
| Aug 21, 2017 at 11:15 | comment | added | Byte Commander Mod | IMHO the event is not that random. Astronomic events could potentially cause electromagnetic interferences of some kind, which could potentially affect IT infrastructure in some way. If there is evidence that this is not the case, that should be posted as answer with verifiable references. If there really might be effects, those should be critically investigated and explained. Basically, the question is understandable and answerable, which means it should be answered and not deleted just because the answer may be obvious (which it is not, IMHO). | |
| Aug 21, 2017 at 11:10 | comment | added | Eliah Kagan | I think their goal of was to debunk the myth. If so, it would've been better self-answered, with links to examples of people's concerns, and probably on Super User. OP said: "People at work are seriously talking about cellphone outage, internet outage, ect. I just wanted to throw this out there to show how stupid this question really is." I also don't think eclipse/Ubuntu misinformation is similar to anti-vaccine lies in the ways that matter most, and I don't think you do either. Like you said, lies about vaccine risks kill children. I agree with your deletion though, as OP requested it. | |
| Aug 21, 2017 at 10:56 | history | answered | OliMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |