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This is similar to a statement in the HN Guidelines: "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's ea
by greenyoda 8y ago
This is similar to a statement in the HN Guidelines:
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- ineedasername 8y agoPrecisely. I've always thought it was particularly astute of them to include that line. I think guidelines like that are why HN isn't the toxic wasteland that many other communities filled with people of different viewpoints become. HN is enough of a melting pot that it could go in that direction, and I've always been impressed that people here generally manage not to.