[argsv]

I the observation about the blog itself not using top-down alignment is not pointless I think. It really makes you wonder whether the post was written to increase a counter in a database or out of conviction that this is the way to go. And if there is a good reason for not making the change, the author could have been more respectful to the reader by offerring an explanation.

[dieterrams]

> It really makes you wonder whether the post was written to increase a counter in a database or out of conviction that this is the way to go.

Again, this just has no relevance to the claims on offer. You can evaluate them for yourself without wondering what the author's motives are.

[dieterrams]

I keep getting downvoted. I'm not sure why. My guess is that criticizing criticism of an article that a bunch of people find sketchy has made me a target for their low opinion of the article or site itself. This seems especially likely given that the only response to my original comment, which has been increasingly upvoted while mine have been downvoted, chooses to see the lack of top-aligned labels for the comments form as likely evidence that the article was authored for base motivations, or that the author doesn't really believe his own advice. This despite the fact that I offered several very plausible reasons why it would not count as such evidence. Here's another one, just for the hell of it: laziness.

I have no idea if the site is as sketchy as people claim, because I've never even heard of it before. But even if it is, I still wouldn't think the comment form comes anywhere close to giving unambiguous information about the author's motives. There are so many highly plausible reasons for this that you'd have to be thoroughly unreasonable to assume that it's strong evidence for any particular reason.