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Re:New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results re... by z3c0 on Friday April 15, 2022 @11:37AM (#31041407)
I think one could argue that your comment adds much less to the conversation. It's basically just "you're wrong, because I said so."

Maybe - since you have a decade of material to draw from - you could offer a counter-example? I think that would be more conducive to discussion than "don't make such comments."

Re:New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results re... by kehrin on Friday April 15, 2022 @02:00PM (#31043455)
It's far more than that. The OP said "you know exactly what" - and the comment disproved that, by not "knowing exactly what". Also, how is the comment supposed to refute a negative? A negative that wasn't even a claim to begin with but rather a vague gesture towards some conspiracy (?).
Re:New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results re... by z3c0 on Friday April 15, 2022 @02:24PM (#31043804)
And I am refuting the refutation by "knowing exactly what". Turtles all the way down.

Do you see how silly this is yet? The comment you are defending is - logically - about as valid as not saying anything at all, which is exactly what they told the OP to do.

Re:New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results re... by mb7733 on Friday April 15, 2022 @12:30PM (#31042179)
How can you offer a counter example to such a vague claim?
Re:New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results re... by z3c0 on Friday April 15, 2022 @12:45PM (#31042411)
With a specific claim demonstrating a contrary phenomenon, one would think. "Vague claims" aren't some rhetorical ace-in-the-hole. They can be argued against, presumably better than "you're wrong, and you should feel bad."