system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Afraid of posting pre-prints

Am I stupid for being afraid of posting pre-prints? I am afraid that since I am an early-career researcher, someone will steal my data or whatever. Am I silly?
gpt
If your field commonly uses pre-prints, then it doesn't really need to be an issue. If you're submitting to an established pre-print server, and it has been accepted and given a DOI, then there is a clear record that you were doing this first.