How do you imply that from their post? You could've asked why they want to know ...

wickedsight on Jan 18, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Top Books on Amazon Based on Links in Hacker News ...

How do you imply that from their post? You could've asked why they want to know this, instead of just assume it's because they don't like it. Negativity is not good for anything.