4 ms·
FYI people will downvote you for suggesting someone hasn't read the post. (And I don't think it was necessary to make your point.) HN guidelines: https://news
by Joe-Z 8y ago
FYI people will downvote you for suggesting someone hasn't read the post. (And I don't think it was necessary to make your point.)
HN guidelines:
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
>Please don't insinuate that someone hasn't read an article.
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- delecti 8y agoHm, that's a bit of a silly rule. This isn't the best example, but there are certainly instances where someone is arguing from a point of complete ignorance about details in the article. Even the rule's preferred example of "The article mentions that." still seems to me to insinuate someone hasn't read the article.
- jjeaff 8y agoI think it is just more polite to cite the article than make an accusation. There is no real benefit in accusing someone of not reading the article. This seems like a case of fostering civil discussion without losing any clarity. Since "you must not have read the article." or "did you even read the article?" adds nothing to the discussion.
- nothrabannosir 8y agoPeople have pride. publicly claiming they messed up is a direct challenge , and it will hurt that pride. regardless of whether or not they did. When you hurt that pride, conversations go sour. And, in all fairness, do we expect someone to say “well, gosh, you’re right; I did indeed mess up. Sorry!” You can probably imagine that’s not how people work. It’s a rule because of the effect it has on the conversation that follows, not because it is Just or Unjust. In that sense, HN is not like a court. As much as people, at times, seem to think it is :p