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Unfortunately posting more or less the same comment in many threads just makes other people do exactly the same thing in frustration and destroys the entire comment thread with copy-paste wars.

It's bad forum etiquette everywhere, not just on HN, and it ruins the conversation for everyone.

> When more than one person makes the same provably false claim

/shrug

Right or wrong regarding the content, you're not a one-person-army out there to single handedly defeat all the wrong-doers on HN.

If you're just here to tell people they're flat out wrong, rather than actually have a conversation, you're just spamming the thread.



I think that it's helpful to provide accurate information.

And that a conversation inspired by false statements should be derailed before it strays even further into fantasyland.


/shrug

I'm not telling you what to do or that what you're saying is wrong; I'm just telling you you're being rude by doing what you're doing in the way you're doing it.

If you don't care, that's up to you.




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