Re:What went on inside the Wuhan lab weeks before Covid erupted
by tptacek on Monday June 12, 2023 @11:26PM
(#36304789)
It is specifically OK to downvote to disagree on Hacker News, and the reason for that is exactly because the alternative, of writing lots of repetitive rebuttals, is so much worse for the threads.
Re:What went on inside the Wuhan lab weeks before Covid erupted
by th0ma5 on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:53AM
(#36305537)
This is not a good tactic for misinformation and disinformation, and general authoritarian thinking... That the message gets out there let alone isn't challenged on its merits immediately implies that it must be something reasonable to say if HN allows it to be posted.
Re:What went on inside the Wuhan lab weeks before Covid erupted
by dang on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @01:38AM
(#36305902)
If you want to correct false information by providing correct information neutrally, you're welcome to do so. But it's not ok to get triggered into posting a bunch of low-information objections. That kind of thing just contributes to general degeneration, and we're trying to avoid that here.
Re:What went on inside the Wuhan lab weeks before Covid erupted
by th0ma5 on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @01:50AM
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I do apologize and I do also appreciate your time. If something isn't even wrong, what neutral information can even be posted in response?
Re:What went on inside the Wuhan lab weeks before Covid erupted
by dang on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @01:38PM
(#36313738)
If something isn't even wrong then it probably is just noise. In that case the best thing to do is downvote (if you have the karma, which your account does), chalk it up to the internet being wrong, and move on.
> Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That tramples curiosity.
This is every single post in this thread in my opinion, so when I see it, I feel compelled to respond.