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0 pointscnewey5d ago0 comments

I'm not sure that resorting to personal attacks against the parent commenter for making a legitimate critique is the right, fair, sensible, or mature approach here.

Discarding legitimate criticism based on some self-determined criteria of intellectual superiority isn't a good look. It smacks of elitism and isn't something conducive to a productive and positive community discussion.

It is unhelpful, rude, condescending, and completely fails to address the underlying problem.

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otterley5d ago

The commenter inserted his own personal bona fides (as a proxy for skill, experience, and knowledge) and use them to bolster his conclusion of culpability and incompetence of the GitHub team. If you take that risk, you should expect to be challenged if those skills are not up to par.

Put more simply: if you get into the ring, you’d better be prepared to take a punch.

Aurornis5d ago

Not a personal attack to fact check someone's claims.

I didn't bring their credentials into the conversation. They did.

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