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Something that I've learned: HN reacts really poorly to Devil's Advocate positions. It's almost as if it doesn't understand the point of the practice. ;)
by simoncion 11y ago
Something that I've learned: HN reacts really poorly to Devil's Advocate positions.
It's almost as if it doesn't understand the point of the practice. ;)
- kspaans 11y agoI don't appear to be downvoted to oblivion, so I don't see what the poor reaction is. :P
- simoncion 11y agoAt the time I made my comment you were downvoted to at least -1. :)
- twblalock 11y agoPeople think playing the "devil's advocate" card exempts their poor arguments from criticism. It doesn't.
- simoncion 11y agoDownvotes in response to an honest, well-formed, well-founded argument are the lowest form of criticism. If someone is making an honest, earnest, well-founded attempt to play the Devil's Advocate, then they deserve a decent response. :)
- twblalock 11y ago> Downvotes in response to an honest, well-formed, well-founded argument are the lowest form of criticism. I agree, which is why I singled out poor arguments in my comment.
- simoncion 11y ago> I agree, which is why I singled out poor arguments in my comment. And that would be why I specifically only covered Devil's Advocate arguments (rather than poor arguments) in my comment. :) I've seen many examples of knee-jerk downvoters attack Devil's Advocate comments without consideration for the quality and earnestness of the comment's content.