Should You Trust Online Personal Advice?

Nowadays, the online world is the default go-to for advice.

By Alain StephensApril 21, 2016 12:03 pm,

What do you do when your significant other breaks up with you? Or you don’t know how to discipline your kids? Or maybe you’re just stressed due to financial strains? You know what to do – you go to Google, or maybe Yahoo Answers, or even Reddit.

Nowadays the online world is the default go-to for advice. But is the information online something you should really trust? Helping us all feel better about ourselves is Digital Savant Omar Gallaga of 512Tech powered by the Austin American-Statesman.

What you’ll hear in this segment:

– Why is it that people want to go to the online community for all things, including personal advice?

– Is there a science to how some of these personal advice apps work?

– Should we really trust the personal advice we get online?