Greetings, I’m Paul, and I noticed something that I feel a little bit rude.
I see people proposing a solution based on a certain post or topic then some other person would say he’s preferred solution is wrong.
I find this very rude because it’s like your shaming the person, who’s just trying to help the other person.
Well to be honest, people like this should be very disliked, because of the way they think that their solution is always right and others are “wrong”.
If you see the proposed solution has mistakes, you can just say, “I disagree (and the reason).” Rather than saying, "Your wrong( then reason).
This should be applied to other people whether your a member, regular, or even a Top-Contributor.
It’s also more recommendable if you could message the person that their proposed solution may have certain mistakes, rather than posting like ‘Your Wrong.’
Agreed, some users shouldn’t be criticized for their mistake, rather someone should tell them what they are doing wrong instead. This goes for build reviews and games too. I think people should at least try to give their honest opinion in a way so it won’t offend others.
Sometimes there are people that fail to provide substantial correction. However, the criticism is not personally directed towards the poster but the mistake. As far as I know, I personally have not criticized posts nor the problem but always have proposed solutions and sometimes alternate solutions.
Although the overreaction, common mistakes should be addressed for the newer users on DevForum and may solve the issue of misdirected criticism.
Well, actually I agree with your point, though if we see here, posting it in front of many other people and they read it makes the person looks stupid. It’s more recommendable if they could just message and send them what to correct about their post. If people are sometimes not agreeing with your point, it’s better to just leave them alone, to make them feel that your not insulting them.
Perhaps this is all depending on the interpretation of the reader. Should one reader misinterpret the perspective, most people would believe so. The post’s supposed purpose is to understand the errors and learn from it, not deliberately demoralize people.
Well, you made such an interesting point, I can agree to what you said, though most readers see this in another view, and if we study the look of the post, I noticed most people would also say, “Your Wrong” I can personally agree on this because ones I saw a topic with a person proposing a wrong solution, then the next thing you know everybody started began stating, ‘Your Wrong’ (then reason) this actually also motivates others to claim in the posts, “Your Wrong” just because of one simple mistake. This is actually making the person loon really humiliated and sometimes demoralized.
Though what you said, is also actually true, but most readers sometimes take this the other way, not sometimes with a way that cannot end in conflict ot humiliation.
We criticize posts, not people. Two different things. If someone is wrong, another user has the right to correct them politely. DMs do not always work since they can get ignored or the poster of the misinformation will stay loyal to their claim despite being incorrect. It looks like you want misinformation to be spread.
Our forum is a professional environment. All the posts and replies everyone makes is not supposed to be taken personally or put into a personal perspective. However if you do feel that someone is crossing the line, feel free to flag the post or message @DevEngagementTeam
Edit:
Another important point is the accuracy of information (others have mentioned above) . If something is wrong, you have to call it out otherwise a lot of developers can be misinformed.
Yes, you do criticize posts but you should critize it in a more nicer way rather tham saying “Your Wrong” or “Spreading Wrong info”.
It’s more recommendable to say it in a way that won’t offend others like this, " I disagree (reason)"
To make the person have a more better impression rather than feeling insulted.
Saying “you are spreading misinformation” is only by a whisker less polite. If you cannot take criticism, welcome to the internet. It happens every day. When you are wrong and you get corrected, you learn from it. You learn from your mistakes so you don’t make the same mistake again.
Well, you have a good point.
Though some people may react differently, actually I agree with your statement. Though thats not my concern, my concern is that other people may get offended by this because it looks like your making somebody look stupid.
In a support forum (i.e. #help-and-feedback), there are often objectively wrong answers; saying that you “disagree” with them is inaccurate. People should always politely correct misinformation, and there isn’t really a more polite way to say “that’s not quite right”.
Flag posts that are blatantly rude, but don’t take blunt posts personally. You should expect people to correct you on the internet, especially in a support environment.
Some peoples first language may not be English so it may seem like they are being rude because they may not know alternative ways of saying something to make it sound polite. I am sure most people have good intentions when they reply and don’t want to come off as being rude.
I think disagreement and correcting misinformation is completely fine as long as you intend to be polite and have good reasoning to why you disagree. This is a support forum as well as a discussion forum so people should take replies that correct them as a learning experience as you learn by making mistakes.
Edit: Posts that are being are being blatantly rude and ignorant should be flagged.