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> People complained when Firefox added [...] > Now they're [...] removing [...], and people are still complaining? It's different people.
by RadioactiveMan 5y ago
> People complained when Firefox added [...]
> Now they're [...] removing [...], and people are still complaining?
It's different people.
- genewitch 5y agoThis right here is something I want to say every time the "people said x, now people say y" paradigm appears. The word "people" in both cases are not the same persons. It is a shorthand but it always seems like it's designed as a "gotcha". I haven't thought enough about it to figure out what fallacy it entails, just enough to ignore it anytime I see an argument that uses it.