A VC-funded startup called WhosHere is trying to steal my social network

Re:A VC-funded startup called WhosHere is trying to steal my... by MiguelHudnandez on Friday June 01, 2012 @04:42PM (#4055644)

Thanks for the clarification on "ad hominem" versus personal attacks. Now I understand that it's only ad hominem if the basis of the argument relies on the personal attack.

All that aside, your comment above, reproduced here, is clearly a personal attack:

> Not only are you surprisingly easily manipulated, apparently, don't you have better things to hack on?

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Re:A VC-funded startup called WhosHere is trying to steal my... by jhuni on Friday June 01, 2012 @07:26PM (#4056381)

Is it "clearly" a personal attack even though there is a question mark there?

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Re:A VC-funded startup called WhosHere is trying to steal my... by chris_wot on Friday June 01, 2012 @09:51PM (#4056687)

Yes. Try the following: "You are a moron who has no idea what they are talking about?", or an actual question "Are you a moron who has no idea what they are talking about?"

Both lower the tone. Both cause unnecessary battles and derail discussions.

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