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Regarding the HN community, the guidelines are pretty specific on the topic of your comment: > Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did yo
by grzm 7y ago
Regarding the HN community, the guidelines are pretty specific on the topic of your comment:
> Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "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
- gamblor956 7y agoIn this case his comment is appropriate, because the comments here on HN clearly indicate that the commenters had not read the article.
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoIf a strong conviction that others haven't read the article could supersede the guideline, the guideline would be quite useless. Anyone who comments "Did you even read the article?" presumably believes that the parent has not read the article. (Just for what it's worth, I did read the article in full before commenting, and I don't think the paraphrased portion changes what I wrote.)
- PunksATawnyFill 7y agoSo what? That’s a stupid guideline. A better one would be: Please don’t comment on whether someone’s comment follows some guidelines.