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I don't understand this viewpoint. Information being factually correct is a low bar. I have a lot of factually correct information that is irrelevant or mislead
by ben0x539 5y ago
I don't understand this viewpoint. Information being factually correct is a low bar. I have a lot of factually correct information that is irrelevant or misleading, or that I could state in a way that drags down the level of discourse more than it illuminates truth. Factually correct information is usually involved in tu quoque fallacies, or used to goad people into drawing false, non-sequitur conclusions. The Hacker News guidelines lay out a list of expectations for comments that go beyond factual correctness.
If someone uses factually correct information to make a comment thread worse, I can see how downvotes could be justified.
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- jorvi 5y agoThe fact (heh) that people instantly rammed the downvote button to get what I said to -2 ironically proves my point. Oh well.