New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Have you commented on HN about a court decision without reading it? Why?
Ask HN: Have you commented on HN about a court decision without reading it? Why?
4 by dpifke | 3 comments on Hacker News.
Inspired by this thread: https://ift.tt/DME74Sn I'm curious how many people actually take the time to read primary source material—not just news articles about it—before writing a comment here. In this case, the decision is long—113 pages!—so I can understand why someone wouldn't have read it in its entirety. But if someone doesn't have the time to read the decision, I don't understand why they think they're qualified to opine about it here, and why they think its fair to make other participants in the discussion waste time wading through their uninformed speculation. It's akin to writing a review of a film you've never seen and have no intention of seeing. Is there something HN could do to discourage this? (One idea that comes to mind would be banning news articles about court cases in which the article does not link to the actual text of the decision.)
4 by dpifke | 3 comments on Hacker News.
Inspired by this thread: https://ift.tt/DME74Sn I'm curious how many people actually take the time to read primary source material—not just news articles about it—before writing a comment here. In this case, the decision is long—113 pages!—so I can understand why someone wouldn't have read it in its entirety. But if someone doesn't have the time to read the decision, I don't understand why they think they're qualified to opine about it here, and why they think its fair to make other participants in the discussion waste time wading through their uninformed speculation. It's akin to writing a review of a film you've never seen and have no intention of seeing. Is there something HN could do to discourage this? (One idea that comes to mind would be banning news articles about court cases in which the article does not link to the actual text of the decision.)
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