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What do you think about the recent LW controversy?
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My main issue would be that that's the kind of thing that can be taken as advice that lands you in legal hot water. Classifying it as misinformation is maybe a step in the wrong direction, but I think the spirit behind it is to prevent people from glomming onto untested and anecdotal "evidence."
There's no veterinary medical professional that would currently recommend such a thing, and allowing that kind of "advice" to proliferate, however well-intentioned, could potentially land the instance operators in court ("Your Honor, I was just following the advice I saw on Lemmy. I wasn't trying to hurt my cat.").
I wouldn't mind if Reddthat had a policy against offering medical advice, including untested veterinary advice.