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Anecdotal

What is it?

Using personal experience or an isolated example instead of a valid argument, especially to dismiss statistics.

Why is it bad?

Using personal experience in a server instead of a valid argument, especially to dismiss bot statistics or server-wide polls.

Example in Chat

@my_experienceToday at 12:15 PM

The bot says server activity is down 40% this month, but that's impossible. My DMs and the one voice channel I hang out in are always active.