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try to ask it in a way that doesn't make a negative assumption about the people taking a certain approach. I feel like there is a LOT in this comment that is r
by dvtrn 7y ago
try to ask it in a way that doesn't make a negative assumption about the people taking a certain approach.
I feel like there is a LOT in this comment that is reading much more into a question that very likely are not even there, to take the position of scolding someone just because their inquiry was delivered in brevity.
- lixtra 7y agoActually, I agree with dictum (and appreciate the pointy comment). Many people read my comment confrontational, or it wouldn't be downvoted. And then I learned that there is a niche (compared to 30% WP) of technical people that have their content in GitHub anyway and profit from simple deployment through netlify. It just fits their workflow. I had the typical business user (another blog post said everyone!) in mind and I don't see them to be able to handle git so it sounded very far fetched which was reflected in the tone.
- dictum 7y agoI don't mean to scold, but I understand that it comes across as pedantry. It's hard to give good advice in a tone that isn't paternalistic, and I should get better at doing that. Sometimes you just want to ask a genuine question without somebody questioning your phrasing. What prompted me to give out advice is "Feel free to downvote but please answer". I don't believe the comment deserves a downvote, but I assume (and it may be, as you put it, reading too much into it) that some downvotes come from people who are tired of seeing the attitude I describe in my reply (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7650799#7651343 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7650799#7651343). It's a case of greedy matching /why would you do/.