>Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that".
I do understand that a site might have a house style or whatever but what exactly did I do wrong?
Why can I not call out a comment for being misinformed at best because the commenter clearly didn't read the article that they are commenting on?
2) because that sort of thing tends to lower the level of the conversation. Sniping at each other is easier than substantive conversation and tends to crowd it
I think dang also has an explanation of moderating style and intent floating somewhere that is persuasive and interesting. If you are interested I can try to find it for you, although you might be able to find stuff using the search or reviewing his comment history