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While it is not a true law from a scientific perspective, it is so named to simulate an empirical character to a humorous observation, at the level of Murphy's law or the law of L. Still, it has a basis of psychosocial behavior and in some cases platitudes. The wording of this law proposed by Steven McGeady would be: "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question, it's to write the wrong answer". The name is an homage to Ward G. Cunningham, the creator of the first wiki, since it is in these environments that this behavior is most observed, and although it was originally applied to the Usenet network, the concept today extends to discussion forums, social networks, and discussion and opinion sites all over the internet. We can accept that from the anonymity and security behind a keyboard it is easier to confront and assert anything, and that from everything published we can find a valid concept, but most of them will be partial, erroneous or personal interpretations and we will always have to discriminate from the crowd what is useful. Also, it's a no-brainer that correcting a bad answer takes precedence over what is just a question. Let's take this dictionary as an example: it is full of queries (and a few well-written ones) that are innocuous until they are answered, but if it is done wrong it is already an obligation of the community to correct it, for the prestige of an "educational and research project" and above all so that the error does not spread; which would fit perfectly with Cunningham's law.

  




Sergio M

This law states that "the best way to get the right answer is not to ask a question, it's to write the wrong answer." It applies to the internet primarily, but elsewhere it also works the fact that most people put more effort into correcting than responding.

  



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