: Re: Preventing unintentional reading between the lines I'm a really literal writer. I don't write stuff that makes people "read between the lines." Problem is, people still always read between the

When you ask a question, people assume you are asking for a reason, that you intend to use the answer to make some decision. There is no such thing as "just a question".

The reason they read between the lines is because you have not made it apparent why you are asking this question.

Thus if you want to keep people from reading between the lines, make sure they also understand why you are asking, or what you intend to do with the answer, etc.

An example:

I'd like to improve my answers, it would help me if the down votes explained what they think is wrong with this one.

Or something similar. If you don't make clear your motive behind your message (intent, purpose, reason), people will guess at it, and often assume that motive is nefarious or tricksy. That's just the nature of this beast the Internet.

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