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Another example of this: pronunciation videos.

Downvotes are a massive indicator if a chosen video is inaccurate.

Which is kind of funny when you think about it. Who would watch a pronunciation video if they already know how it’s pronounced?

Not discounting what you said. Just found it amusing :)

I suppose it could be people checking multiple sources and coming back to downvote after assessing which is the right one. At least that's the world I want to live in. A guy can dream.

> people checking multiple sources and coming back to downvote after assessing which is the right one

I do this on stackoverflow. I wouldn't be surprised if this is what happened here as well.

Often time when I look up a pronunciation video, it's for a language I'm learning and I have a vague idea of how the word is supposed to sound, but not sure on things like tonality and stress.

So, if I were to look up how to say "ramen", I might not know if it's supposed to be ra-MEN or RA-men, but I'd know it's wrong if they say it like "r-amen".

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