One of the things I like least in comments is imputing (bad) motives: “Clearly you wrote this to X” or “Your purpose is to Y” etc.
Another thing I don’t like is confidently paraphrasing what someone else said, in a way that’s inevitably a misunderstanding or strawman. “You’re clearly endorsing <politically disfavored concept, e.g. eugenics>. How dare you!”. Trying to paraphrase others is good, if it’s done in a spirit of curiosity: “Correct me if I’m wrong, but I understood you to say X.”, or “As I understand it, you imply Y.”
One of the things I like least in comments is imputing (bad) motives: “Clearly you wrote this to X” or “Your purpose is to Y” etc.
Another thing I don’t like is confidently paraphrasing what someone else said, in a way that’s inevitably a misunderstanding or strawman. “You’re clearly endorsing <politically disfavored concept, e.g. eugenics>. How dare you!”. Trying to paraphrase others is good, if it’s done in a spirit of curiosity: “Correct me if I’m wrong, but I understood you to say X.”, or “As I understand it, you imply Y.”