Well, the thing is, you just stated above that you have privacy reasons that keep you from divulging your real identity on the internet. I'm not saying this person wasn't sockpuppeting, but (and again, in a general sense) people on the internet do have many varied (and often valid) reasons for not revealing who they are. To assign a motive to someone who has done so when you don't have any context for who they are and why they might feel the need to keep their identity a secret takes the focus off the topic being discussed.
Again, this person may very well have been a sockpuppet--but you don't know that for sure. You assumed things about them and made accusations--accusations that may very well have been true, but that's immaterial, in the end.
I guess what I'm saying is that in the original post you linked to, the topic being discussed was the project and its merits. You made it about the commenter, in part because you disagreed with him or her, and when you did that, you lost the argument.
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Re: Sorry. Couldn't help myself.
Date: 2010-01-03 08:57 pm (UTC)Again, this person may very well have been a sockpuppet--but you don't know that for sure. You assumed things about them and made accusations--accusations that may very well have been true, but that's immaterial, in the end.
I guess what I'm saying is that in the original post you linked to, the topic being discussed was the project and its merits. You made it about the commenter, in part because you disagreed with him or her, and when you did that, you lost the argument.