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Did someone go through my post history and just flag a bunch of posts? This guy is giving out mental health advice based on not understanding what he is talkin

by tayo42 4y ago

Did someone go through my post history and just flag a bunch of posts? This guy is giving out mental health advice based on not understanding what he is talking about. I think that is dangerous and isn't a place for being polite.

dang 4y ago
Yes, I did, because you've been breaking the site guidelines. We need you to follow HN's rules regardless of how wrong someone is or you feel they are. Could you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to them going forward? We'd appreciate it.
- tayo42 4y ago
  Even for unsubstantiated health claims and telling people to go and take unknown supplements? Would you prefer a comment like that gets flagged? I get the guidelines for inconsequential topics, but pretending something is valid when engaging with something that could be harmful seems like its elevating its legitimacy. In this case there is plenty of reading to do on the topic of burnout causes. I guess the simplest answer from you would be the answer to this question. If i posted something encouraging people to not take vaccines, how does that discussion get handled? Does every comment and thought really get treated equally with curious responses? I guess to me it seems fair to, be short direct and point out the misinformation even if it appears to be flaming
  - dang 4y ago
    Yes, the guidelines cover this: "Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - tayo42 4y ago
      I see got it. Anyway stuff like this https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/six_causes_of_burnout_at_work https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/six_causes_of_... is why suggesting taking supplements to cure burnout and dropping an irrelevant link to a study about mental illness is uninformed and what I said isn't unsubstantive. I'll hit report in the future then, thanks for the back and forth and explaining.

by tayo42 4y ago

dang 4y ago

Yes, I did, because you've been breaking the site guidelines. We need you to follow HN's rules regardless of how wrong someone is or you feel they are. Could you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to them going forward? We'd appreciate it.

tayo42 4y ago
Even for unsubstantiated health claims and telling people to go and take unknown supplements? Would you prefer a comment like that gets flagged? I get the guidelines for inconsequential topics, but pretending something is valid when engaging with something that could be harmful seems like its elevating its legitimacy. In this case there is plenty of reading to do on the topic of burnout causes. I guess the simplest answer from you would be the answer to this question. If i posted something encouraging people to not take vaccines, how does that discussion get handled? Does every comment and thought really get treated equally with curious responses? I guess to me it seems fair to, be short direct and point out the misinformation even if it appears to be flaming
- dang 4y ago
  Yes, the guidelines cover this: "Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - tayo42 4y ago
    I see got it. Anyway stuff like this https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/six_causes_of_burnout_at_work https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/six_causes_of_... is why suggesting taking supplements to cure burnout and dropping an irrelevant link to a study about mental illness is uninformed and what I said isn't unsubstantive. I'll hit report in the future then, thanks for the back and forth and explaining.