If it's a possibility and you don't want to dig deeper better to sit out and not comment anything at all, lest you risk defamation.

Thinking out loud also doesn't make defamation acceptable.

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Dylan16807 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

"It's probably not X, but we should consider X as we look at this." and "I feel like this might be X but I'm 50:50 on it." are not anywhere near defamation. You have to get a lot closer to certainty before it's an issue.

And listing out "a possibility but you don't want to dig deeper" is often a good contribution to a conversation.

In this case they worded it badly, but the basic idea of the comment isn't awful.

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		That someone in the team might not have done it on purpose, but left it for convenience? How does that benefit the debate? I really fail to see any silver lining in doing such speculative comments without any substance whatsoever to back it up.

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TheDong 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's fine, this is an american site so JAQing is in fact safe under free speech.

You're welcome to ask b "would none rid me of this meddlesome priest" with no fear

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gchamonlive 4 days ago | parent [-]

And I'm protected under free speech to try to educate people about good manners, so it's fine too.

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