[izacus]

I just don't get why I see so many of people on this very site (surprisingly usually Apple or Tesla fans) that so confidently spread misinformation about things they don't have knowledge of and didn't even attempt to check.

Where does this wish to spread baseless misinformation come from?

[baxtr]

How come the first thing you assume is ill intent?

How come you are so certain what the person was trying to say without asking a clarification question first?

[pests]

Sometimes people are just wrong. There doesn’t have to be an ill intent behind it. Educate and move on. What else can you do?

[izacus]

Which is exactly what I did. And it made people here angry.

[mulmen]

You made an assumption of intent.

You could have just pointed out the Samsung product.

[Dylan16807]

> You made an assumption of intent.

Where?

"confidently" doesn't assume intent. "misinformation" doesn't assume intent.

[mulmen]

> Where does this wish to spread baseless misinformation come from?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42668637

[Dylan16807]

That's not the comment that got downvoted though. It came later. Wasn't "you made an assumption of intent" supposed to be an explanation of why the initial comment got downvoted?

But it's also a more complicated point than you're giving credit for. That comment directly addresses lack of knowledge and accuses people of negligence, not lying. I do not parse it as an accusation of intent, and given the followup here I don't think izacus sees it as an accusation of intent either: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42669379

But even if it is an accusation of intent the only accusation is deciding to be reckless. Which seems pretty justified to me.

(And there is a flagged comment that I have a big thing to say if you make me, but I'd rather we just ignore that comment as a separate thing.)