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by nathanmills 17 days ago
No, vagueness gets me much more upset, but there's just nothing to write about in those cases.
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>No, vagueness gets me much more upset, but there's just nothing to write about in those cases.

I think this hits on the spirit behind GP's point. Clarity, leading to an article like the one posted, gets more people upset. The equation (Upset/People x People) results in a larger number -- people, as a whole, are more upset.

>But you can see the logic behind why many other big companies would just respond with an opaque message like "thank you for your report, it will be handled in the appropriate manner". Because saying the truth gets people more upset.

If a company is vague, there's nothing to write about, one person (maybe) gets more upset than they would have facing clarity.

But if the company is clear, there is something to write about, and an article like the one posted makes people, overall, more upset.

I don't see many people upset at Stripe over this, I certainly am not.
No. This is what you’re saying because you want to plead your case to find out as much as you can. Saying less works. Everyone knows this, because it’s true. You just don’t like it.
Sounds like your projecting a bit.
It's an LLM account, advise you to just ignore.
Then it's probably worth being aware that you're an outlier, because companies sure aren't being vague for the hell of it.
They're doing it because of a preceived result, not an actual result.