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Citation requested.



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I'm familiar with the GPL claims.

I'm not familiar with the telemetry claims.

I'm asking for specific references both to establish the claims and to serve as an anchor reference to anyone encountering this thread in future.

Finally, I much prefer DDG, and have used it for about a decade now.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3473250


It was not clear which you claims you were referencing. Your goal of memorializing references was not clear. The request, in the form you posted, does not seem to be a productive way of achieving your ends. This may be especially true because in recent years I have noticed that "citation requested" types of comments are often used as a passive aggressive way of telling someone they're wrong, or the precursor to attacking the source once it's provided, especially on topics that have fast answers with a quick search. (including ddg in this case, which also returns appropriate results in the top 3 on both questions.)

I would respectfully suggest a different phrasing for such requests. I think I am not the only one who has noticed this unfortunate change in tone for a simple "citation requested", and so as I indicated they have have become much less productive to conversation. I have had to choose my own words more carefully in this respect as well.


Fair points.

What I'd thought I'd asked clearly wasn't communicated.

I frequently request, and provide, references. Including the bare form apparently falling from favour:

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...




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