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by huhtenberg 1719 days ago
Daniel, I don't believe for a second that the site at a link could've been developed by an 11-year-old child. That's just not possible. However it is presented as such, and pretty aggressively at that. Some of his comments here could've not been written by a child either, that's pretty bloody obvious if you are to take just take an impartial look. This whole project has a very strong smell of manipulation and sock-puppetry.

I am all for encouraging anyone to get better at things they are genuinely interested in, but being warm and receptive to blatant mis-representation of one's work is not the right thing to do. It sends the exact opposite of the right signal.

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Azaan's comments could obviously have been written by a smart 11-year-old.

Even if you're right on the facts, punishing the child for it is exactly the opposite of what you should be doing.