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Re:Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filt... by mindcrime on Thursday February 11, 2021 @12:26PM (#26104395)
From the HN guidelines:

Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.

Re:Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filt... by Dylan16807 on Thursday February 11, 2021 @02:20PM (#26105878)
I'm not sure what you're implying, because both interpretations are valid to downvote.
Re:Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filt... by mindcrime on Thursday February 11, 2021 @04:14PM (#26107293)
I'm saying that this statement especially when your "question" is an argument hidden behind a question mark, is not consistent with the suggestion to "assume good faith" espoused in the guidelines.
Re:Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filt... by Dylan16807 on Thursday February 11, 2021 @06:57PM (#26109202)
Ah, I see.

I will note that people make arguments via questions pretty often in normal conversation, so that's not necessarily an accusation of significant bad faith. It could be more of a complaint about rhetorical technique.

But let's treat it as an accusation of bad faith. In that case, we have a deeper issue. Assuming that it's a real question asked in good faith is actually the weakest plausible interpretation, because the link makes it a self-disproving theory. Honestly the tongue-in-cheek interpretation is probably the strongest one.

There's no way to treat it as a strong argument and as a real question asked in good faith.

Also it can be okay to downvote misinformation even when the commenter didn't do anything wrong.