Then it's hearsay and worthless and you shouldn't repeat it, frankly. If you do, people should call you out since you're inciting FUD.

Feel free to ignore it. Seriously. I don't really care one way or the other. It's a nested comment in an HN thread, and it's actually presented by me as hearsay. (Whoever you are, I don't really need you to define hearsay for me.) It's not like I just reported this in the WSJ. I dropped into a forum where people have informal conversations about a variety of things, and this was my random, downvoted, "hey I heard this thing once" contribution. I've given about as much information as I care to, and people can interpret however they like.

>I'm not going to cite a source

Then don't make a claim.

If we're not allowed to say anything without citations, all conversation will stop.

Perhaps the above should have said "then don't make such a claim" instead.

Thanks for understanding!