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It's not Ad Hominem because the Bing team isn't personally insulting Cutts or Singhai. If anything, it's just using malicious sounding buzzwords. A honeypot isn
by antimatter15 16y ago
It's not Ad Hominem because the Bing team isn't personally insulting Cutts or Singhai. If anything, it's just using malicious sounding buzzwords. A honeypot isn't even isn't even a type of attack: it's a type of defense.
- Matt_Cutts 16y agoThe post said my feelings were feigned (definition: "to give a false appearance of"). My feelings weren't feigned. (Also, it's spelled Singhal, not Singhai)
- blauwbilgorgel 16y ago"It's not Ad Hominem because the Bing team isn't personally insulting Cutts or Singhai. If anything, it's just using malicious sounding buzzwords. A honeypot isn't even isn't even a type of attack: it's a type of defense." They not directly insulted Cutts and Singhal, but they offered a fake rebuttal of their actions/proof/views, peppered with malicious sounding buzzwords. ...have nothing to do with the logical merits of the opponent's arguments or assertions... The proof was concocted by these engineers. ...but can also involve pointing out factual but ostensible character flaws or actions which are irrelevant to the opponent's argument... The way his statement could be read is: Matt Cutts and Singhal are no more than spammers, tricking Microsoft with cloak and dagger tactics that prove nothing. Which constitutes a clear Ad Hominem.