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Asking "how is this different" is not dismissive. It's just a question. How else should one ask for a useful comparison?
by simplify 6y ago
Asking "how is this different" is not dismissive. It's just a question. How else should one ask for a useful comparison?
- haswell 6y ago> "There's another app called Boop that seems similar. How would you compare your app to Boop?" I certainly agree that "how is this different" is not dismissive by itself. But the whole of the comment came across as very dismissive. It's possible that I overreacted, but that's how I interpreted it.
- danpalmer 6y agoI don't think you overreacted, the "Just to be clear" and other wording seems like gaslighting to me, assuming that the author knows about this alternative but knowing that is unlikely. A much better way to phrase this question would be something like: > On the surface this looks like it solves similar problems to Boop, an app I use to do similar things. Have you heard of Boop? If so, how do you think this compares?