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The problem is if we get a comment every time someone thinks someone else has a hidden agenda, thats a lot of noise on the forum (or indeed any forum in general
by quickthrower2 5y ago
The problem is if we get a comment every time someone thinks someone else has a hidden agenda, thats a lot of
noise on the forum (or indeed any forum in general). People really slog it out like that on Reddit and it is quite
annoying when they do.
- beebeepka 5y agoI see what's going on here. You've had bad experience on a forum I've never been and projecting your frustrations onto me. Why can't you assume good faith on my part?
- quickthrower2 5y agoYou are off in guessing my state of mind. My point is making assumptions about intent leads to boring discussion. See the moderators (dang) post history and what he has to reply to, for examples. There is a guideline on HN about replying to the best possible interpretation. Doing so diffuses trolls and encourages people who didn’t explain well the first time to expand on their thinking. It is also super pleasant to read posts of this style.