• Onno (VK6FLAB)
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    9 months ago

    What about learning these phrases instead:

    • I believe
    • I seem to recall
    • As I understand it
    • It seems to me that
    • In my experience

    In other words, make it clear to the reader what your level of skill or knowledge is.

    Whilst chewing on that, consider adding a source if you have one (or six).

    Source: I’ve been here a while and it’s stood me in good stead during online (and offline) conversation over the decades.

    • ButtBidet [he/him]OP
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      139 months ago

      I fully support this, and I do this too. It saves me from looking like a dickhead. Honestly I won’t drop one of the “I believe” modifiers until after 10+ hours (usually 30+ hours) of not social media reading on a topic.

    • ComradePlatypus [fae/faer]
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      9 months ago

      Me: My understanding is [nuanced take on subject I do know about] but that’s just what I read in [multiple good sources]