"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."
"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Of course, if you have specific information about fraud or other bad behavior in specific cases, that could be relevant to a discussion. But quoting something generic and then using it as an internet cynicism trampoline is quite a bit below the quality bar for what we're looking for in this forum. It just leads to repetitive, tedious, and ultimately ugly threads.
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