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I disagree with that characterization of the post - merely commenting that a user that could come away with this take has never managed a web-facing service, because you'd immediately see the traffic is immense and constant, especially from crawlers. Sorry if I didn't elaborate that point clearly enough, point taken, I will more carefully craft such responses so such a point isn't misinterpreted or flagged.


I'm sure that would help, yes. Also, there's no need to phrase such a comment in terms of someone else lacking any experience of X - there are too many ways to get that wrong, and even if you're right, it can easily come across as a putdown. If you'd made your point in this case, for example, in terms of your own experience managing a web-facing service, you could have included all the same useful information, if not more!

(One other thing is that the "tell me without telling me" thing is an internet trope and the site guidelines ask people to avoid those - they tend to make for unsubstantive comments, plus they're repetitive and we're trying to avoid that here. But I just mention this for completeness - it's secondary to the other point.)




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