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From the HN guidelines: Please don't insinuate that someone hasn't read an article.
by jwilk 10y ago
From the HN guidelines:
Please don't insinuate that someone hasn't read an article.
- andybak 10y agoHow does that guideline apply if someone asks a question that is directly and clearly answered in the article? Is it OK to point out that the article covers that as long as one is polite about it? I'm not sure I understand if the rule is "you're allowed to correct people using information from the article as long as you don't tell them it was in the article" which is obviously silly - or "just don't be a dick about it" which seems covered by the general rule of "don't be a dick".
- grzm 10y agoThe guidelines include an example of how to do this: "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- andybak 10y agoThanks. How ironic that my question about how to handle "not reading the article" comments could have been resolved if I'd read the article on how to handle mentioning reading the article. I'm just off to dive into a singularity of self-reference. See you later.