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I know _ad hominem_ is generally uncalled for, but he's not known for doing anything else. As the Guardian tech editor he had a reputation for showcasing (i.e.
by coriny 11y ago
I know _ad hominem_ is generally uncalled for, but he's not known for doing anything else. As the Guardian tech editor he had a reputation for showcasing (i.e. Boot Up, which got pretty toxic) and writing articles attacking Android. Most of it based on tedious market analysis.
- chris_wot 11y agoHe had opinion pieces by Andrew Orlowski published in The Guardian, I think that says everything you need to know :-)
- charlesarthur 11y agoThe fact that you disagree with someone doesn't per se make them wrong.
- chris_wot 11y agoNo, but I tend to consider people who call hardworking Wikipedia editors by the pejorative "wiki-fiddlers" less than reliable, and the man regularly wrote half-truths and sometimes resorted to outright dishonesty. That you would publish him... Well, that's your judgement but I consider it to be lacking.
- charlesarthur 11y ago"I know _ad hominem_ is generally uncalled for, but" Thus neatly showing how comment threads turn "pretty toxic". If you have better analysis of the data, that would be great to see.