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He's telling the OP to go and read up on various books with the implication that they haven't read anything on the topic. Where as from the twitter thread they
by icc97 8y ago
He's telling the OP to go and read up on various books with the implication that they haven't read anything on the topic. Where as from the twitter thread they clearly have read books on the topics mentioned (IBM and punch cards).
From the guidelines:
> Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say face-to-face.
I don't think the comment made by Animats meets this guideline.
- mirimir 8y agoI typically say "I recommend" rather than "read".
- danmaz74 8y agoOut of curiosity, if the comment started with "In my opinion that's a misreading of computer history...", with everything else left unchanged, would it still be uncivil in your opinion?
- icc97 8y agoYes, in my opinion it still would be uncivil as per my above comment: > He's telling the OP to go and read up on various books with the implication that they haven't read anything on the topic. that to me is disrespectful. But the whole tone of the comment was dismissive, so changing the first part makes it less so, but not entirely.
- danmaz74 8y agoI see. For me, dismissive is one thing (and I could agree with that), uncivil is something much worse.
- ckastner 8y ago> He's telling the OP to go and read up on various books with the implication that they haven't read anything on the topic. It is possible that OP hasn't read a sufficient amount of books, or read the wrong books, or misunderstood parts of the books he read. The implication you are taking offense to (OP hasn't read books) does not follow from that.