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Some Reddit users just love to disagree, new AI-powered troll-spotting algorithm finds (theconversation.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Read the article. It's not about normal run of the mill disagreement. It's about:

...an entire class of Reddit users whose primary purpose seems to be to disagree with others. These users specifically seek out opportunities to post contradictory comments, especially in response to disagreement, and then move on without waiting for replies.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

whose primary purpose seems to be to disagree

What's survivor bias again?

I mean, aside from the thing everyone is saying, to which you're replying 'read the article', that is.