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It's not an insinuation, or mistaken - it's stated on their HN profile. You should verify claims before mistakenly downvoting and linking to site's guidelines.
by dns_snek 2y ago
It's not an insinuation, or mistaken - it's stated on their HN profile.
You should verify claims before mistakenly downvoting and linking to site's guidelines.
- tptacek 2y agoThe point of the guideline is that accusing people of commenting in bad faith --- another guideline here --- makes for bad, boring conversation. What's worse, the comment you responded to made a bad argument that I think is easy to knock down on its merits, and by writing like this you weakened those rebuttals. Don't write like this here.
- dns_snek 2y agoI'm sorry you feel like I don't live up to your standards, I believe that transparency about affiliations and conflicts of interest is paramount to healthy and productive discussion. Disclosing these things when criticizing competitors is really basic etiquette. And look, it was just a simple nudge for them to disclose their affiliations more plainly in the future, while also providing relevant (and apparently appreciated) context to other readers. It was a footnote, not an argument.
- tptacek 2y agoYes. Stop providing those nudges. They're not OK.
- DiggyJohnson 2y agoIt's still an insinuation even if its true. You should consider rephrasing your comment and not starting it with "did you forget to say...". Presumably they did not forget to mention this.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoIf we can't point something out even if it's true then the rules are bad and we have an obligation to disregard them.
- DiggyJohnson 2y agoNo, you have the wrong mindset. You could have asked the same question without the hostility.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoMy mindset is correct. I have not engaged in act of hostility. Stop hallucinating like a bad LLM.
- DiggyJohnson 2y agoUnpleasant and insulting for no reason then. I'm just trying to advocate for respectful and professional discourse. Save the insults for strangers in real life, not Hacker News.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoThe parent commenter didn't make any disrespectful or unprofessional statements. You are attacking something that has not happened.