News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Taking things less personally. Parent comment

Re:Taking things less personally by watwut on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @04:56PM (#32157860)
That is because the benefit of doubt was applied asymmetrically (some people got infinite amount of it, others almost none) and was abused by bad actors quite a lot.

Also, ignoring impact meant that you could actively damage people you did not cared about while pretending ignorance again and again.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Taking things less personally by silisili on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @05:12PM (#32158056)
> Also, ignoring impact meant that you could actively damage people you did not cared about while pretending ignorance again and again.

I definitely agree with that. I don't think either should be ignored, but weighed against each other. That's pretty close to how our legal system works for a lot of crimes.

I'd also argue a person pretending innocence does -not- have good intentions, regardless of what they say.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Taking things less personally by XorNot on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @07:13PM (#32159205)
We've had an expression for it since before social media: "just asking questions".
[ Parent | on HN ]