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posted on 04.20.2025

Cunningham's Law states: "The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." It's attributed to Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki. The irony is that Cunningham himself has said he didn't coin this law. It was named after him by a colleague, Steven McGeady, who observed the pattern in Cunningham's behavior on early internet forums.

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