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I want to be clear on what the idea being conveyed is, I'm guessing one thing, but the poster says another. That's a bad thing?
by awesome_dude 2y ago
I want to be clear on what the idea being conveyed is, I'm guessing one thing, but the poster says another.
That's a bad thing?
- dang 2y agoNot at all! - like I said, it's fine to ask for clarification. You should just do it in a way that is clearly distinct from chastising someone for typos. That wasn't clear in your post. I get it now that you didn't mean it as a dig (especially after seeing https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42802018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42802018) but intent doesn't transmit itself automatically. The burden is on the commenter to disambiguate it. (Lots of past explanation about that here if anyone wants more: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=burden%20disambiguate%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...). This doesn't mean that intent has to be stated explicitly—it just has to be clear—especially, clear enough to be distinct from ordinary kinds of internet attack, when those are not what is intended.
- awesome_dude 2y ago> This doesn't mean that intent has to be stated explicitly—it just has to be clear—especially, clear enough to be distinct from ordinary kinds of internet attack, when those are not what is intended. So... you're recommending a polite request for possible typos to be fixed because of the confusion being caused by them?
- dang 2y agoI'm recommending that you focus on meaning rather than spelling, and in particular to disambiguate your comment from pedantic nitpicking. I get that you didn't have the latter in mind, but your original comment didn't make that clear enough. As a result, it snapped to that grid in my mind, and probably other users' as well.
- awesome_dude 2y agoI'll do that, right after you take your own advice :) Have a nice day.