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Is it wrong to be worried about somebody's wellbeing? Or is it out of fashion these days? Or is it a privilege reserved only for pre-approved people?
by bitL 7y ago
Is it wrong to be worried about somebody's wellbeing? Or is it out of fashion these days? Or is it a privilege reserved only for pre-approved people?
- tptacek 7y agoIt is wrong to invoke suicide simply to make a message board thread more exciting, yes. If you know something specific about Richard Stallman's mental health, then you know who to alert about your concerns. Otherwise, Internet psychiatric diagnosis is a trope, and is forbidden on Hacker News. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=author%3Adang%20psychiatric%20diagnosis&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- bitL 7y agoThanks for pointing out this rule to me and alerting me to the fact that my comment could have been interpreted that way instead of a humane expression of solidarity and worries about well-being in tough times!
- dang 7y agoI'm sure you did have that intention and that's a good thing. But mental health is a complex thing and publishing comments like that can have strange side effects. It's really best not to go there.
- yesenadam 7y agoSaying "It is wrong to invoke suicide simply to make a message board thread more exciting" and calling it "concern trolling" both seem to me to break the guidelines in several ways (unkind, snarky, bad faith etc) whereas I can't see how bitL's comments being responded to broke any of them, or even came close.