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446 points tonmoy | 1 comments | 24 Aug 23 16:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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nologic01 ◴[24 Aug 23 18:08 UTC] No.37252485[source]▶
> Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.

This is one of the more serious pain points I notice (thankfully only occasionally).

Obviously getting some visibility is important for people launching new projects. Sometimes adversarial comments seem to be motivated by commercial rather than technical reasons.

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antisthenes ◴[24 Aug 23 20:32 UTC] No.37254176[source]▶
A shallow article written in bad faith only deserves a shallow dismissal.

Don't force me to fight an asymmetric warfare battle against malicious authors to participate.

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Cpoll ◴[24 Aug 23 23:53 UTC] No.37256064[source]▶
A shallow dismissal just makes your position look weak, and theirs stronger by comparison.
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antisthenes ◴[25 Aug 23 01:08 UTC] No.37256617{3}[source]▶
You're welcome to think so, but position strength is tied to facts, not posts.
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1. Cpoll ◴[25 Aug 23 01:50 UTC] No.37256927{4}[source]▶
In that case, "strength" is the wrong metric. If you're posting a shallow response just because the facts align with your position, you're still just wasting people's time.

The people who already agree that the article is shallow learn nothing, and the people who don't know the article is shallow also learn nothing.

And I agree with you, position strength is tied to facts, which is why writing a shallow dismissal instead of listing some facts leads to a weak position.

Incidentally, why are you responding to me and not just saying "you're wrong, I'm done talking to you."