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I know that HN believes it’s immune to this, but being right isn’t an excuse to forgo social expectations

afarrell 4y ago
Different social environments have different social expectations. HN has a social expectation that focusing heavily on technical considerations of how something can be done better will lead to pleasant shop-talking like OP's response here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31576634#31578949 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31576634#31578949
arinlen 4y ago
> I know that HN believes it’s immune to this, but being right isn’t an excuse to forgo social expectations Could you please offer some insight on why trying to pass off technically wrong claims in a technical forum should be immune to any informative comment clarifying or clearing up misconceptions ?
- bowsamic 4y ago
  > why trying to pass off technically wrong claims in a technical forum should be immune to any informative comment clarifying or clearing up misconceptions Not really, because I didn't make that claim, so you'll have to ask someone who makes that claim.
  - arinlen 4y ago
    > Not really, because I didn't make that claim, so you'll have to ask someone who makes that claim. Well, you actually did. You claimed, and I quote, "being right isn’t an excuse to forgo social expectations" I'm now asking you to explain the role your "social expectations" have on "being right", specifically in the case where someone in a technical forum makes technically wrong claims. Are you able to shed some light onto this sort of belief?
    - Huggernaut 4y ago
      You can be right without the other person being wrong if you aren't addressing something they said.
    - dragonwriter 4y ago
      > Well, you actually did. You claimed, and I quote, "being right isn’t an excuse to forgo social expectations" That is a very different claim than “trying to pass off technically wrong claims in a technical forum should be immune to any informative comment clarifying or clearing up misconceptions”. It is possible to be right without posting an “informative content clarifying of clearing up” a “technically wrong claim” and it is possible to “informative content clarifying of clearing up” a “technically wrong claim” in a manner which does not disregard social expectations. Being right neither requires nor excuses being a jerk.
    - bmm6o 4y ago
      The irony of being weirdly combative about the anodyne observation that "being right isn’t an excuse to forgo social expectations".

Different social environments have different social expectations. HN has a social expectation that focusing heavily on technical considerations of how something can be done better will lead to pleasant shop-talking like OP's response here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31576634#31578949 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31576634#31578949

arinlen 4y ago

> I know that HN believes it’s immune to this, but being right isn’t an excuse to forgo social expectations Could you please offer some insight on why trying to pass off technically wrong claims in a technical forum should be immune to any informative comment clarifying or clearing up misconceptions ?

bowsamic 4y ago
> why trying to pass off technically wrong claims in a technical forum should be immune to any informative comment clarifying or clearing up misconceptions Not really, because I didn't make that claim, so you'll have to ask someone who makes that claim.
- arinlen 4y ago
  > Not really, because I didn't make that claim, so you'll have to ask someone who makes that claim. Well, you actually did. You claimed, and I quote, "being right isn’t an excuse to forgo social expectations" I'm now asking you to explain the role your "social expectations" have on "being right", specifically in the case where someone in a technical forum makes technically wrong claims. Are you able to shed some light onto this sort of belief?
  - Huggernaut 4y ago
    You can be right without the other person being wrong if you aren't addressing something they said.
  - dragonwriter 4y ago
    > Well, you actually did. You claimed, and I quote, "being right isn’t an excuse to forgo social expectations" That is a very different claim than “trying to pass off technically wrong claims in a technical forum should be immune to any informative comment clarifying or clearing up misconceptions”. It is possible to be right without posting an “informative content clarifying of clearing up” a “technically wrong claim” and it is possible to “informative content clarifying of clearing up” a “technically wrong claim” in a manner which does not disregard social expectations. Being right neither requires nor excuses being a jerk.
  - bmm6o 4y ago
    The irony of being weirdly combative about the anodyne observation that "being right isn’t an excuse to forgo social expectations".