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>>tonmoy+(OP)
> Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.

This is one of the more serious pain points I notice (thankfully only occasionally).

Obviously getting some visibility is important for people launching new projects. Sometimes adversarial comments seem to be motivated by commercial rather than technical reasons.

>>nologi+Dq
A shallow article written in bad faith only deserves a shallow dismissal.

Don't force me to fight an asymmetric warfare battle against malicious authors to participate.

>>antist+UR
A shallow dismissal just makes your position look weak, and theirs stronger by comparison.

>>Cpoll+mm1
“look” is the operative word here

>>wilg+Pq1
I suppose it depends whether your goal is communicating your position or just winning a moral victory.

"Weak" is the operative word. Being right doesn't do you much favors if you can't communicate it. In this context, "looking" weak is being weak.

>>Cpoll+vt1
> Being right doesn't do you much favors if you can't communicate it. In this context, "looking" weak is being weak.

No. Function over form.

>>antist+jv1
Perception is reality - Mother Nature is the arbiter, and you lose.