Thanks in advance for being more civil in the future. It's important, and we appreciate it.
> Can you clarify why my comment was rebuked, but the parent was not, please?
I simply didn't see that bit. You're right that it broke the guidelines as well. Had I seen it I would have said so.
Still, accusing a fellow user of shilling is worse than accusing one of not having read an article. The shilling thing is its own circle of forum hell. I've written about it, if anyone wants to understand why we single this out: https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&prefix=true&page=0&dateR....
> Can you clarify why my comment was rebuked, but the parent was not, please?
I simply didn't see that bit. You're right that it broke the guidelines as well. Had I seen it I would have said so.
Still, accusing a fellow user of shilling is worse than accusing one of not having read an article. The shilling thing is its own circle of forum hell. I've written about it, if anyone wants to understand why we single this out: https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&prefix=true&page=0&dateR....