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Sometimes people are just incorrect and no ill intent.
by pests 2y ago
Sometimes people are just incorrect and no ill intent.
- izacus 2y agoI just don't get why I see so many of people on this very site (surprisingly usually Apple or Tesla fans) that so confidently spread misinformation about things they don't have knowledge of and didn't even attempt to check. Where does this wish to spread baseless misinformation come from?
- baxtr 2y agoHow come the first thing you assume is ill intent? How come you are so certain what the person was trying to say without asking a clarification question first?
- izacus 2y ago[flagged]
- baxtr 2y agoAgain you make unsubstantiated assumption about someone else’s intentions/feelings. I am not angry at all. I was just wondering why you reacted like that. Nevermind
- jazzyjackson 2y agoIt’s been normal that people are wrong, yes. “Calling out” vs correcting is unnecessarily hostile.
- pests 2y agoSometimes people are just wrong. There doesn’t have to be an ill intent behind it. Educate and move on. What else can you do?
- izacus 2y agoWhich is exactly what I did. And it made people here angry.
- mulmen 2y agoYou made an assumption of intent. You could have just pointed out the Samsung product.
- Dylan16807 2y ago> You made an assumption of intent. Where? "confidently" doesn't assume intent. "misinformation" doesn't assume intent.
- mulmen 2y ago> Where does this wish to spread baseless misinformation come from? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42668637 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42668637
- Dylan16807 2y agoThat's not the comment that got downvoted though. It came later. Wasn't "you made an assumption of intent" supposed to be an explanation of why the initial comment got downvoted? But it's also a more complicated point than you're giving credit for. That comment directly addresses lack of knowledge and accuses people of negligence, not lying. I do not parse it as an accusation of intent, and given the followup here I don't think izacus sees it as an accusation of intent either: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42669379 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42669379 But even if it is an accusation of intent the only accusation is deciding to be reckless. Which seems pretty justified to me. (And there is a flagged comment that I have a big thing to say if you make me, but I'd rather we just ignore that comment as a separate thing.)