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Please don't post AskHN threads that aren't in the form of a question just to try to impose your personal preferences and discourage your personal pet peeves on

Please don't post AskHN threads that aren't in the form of a question just to try to impose your personal preferences and discourage your personal pet peeves on the rest of us, because that is a stupid and immature thing to do.

dang 11y ago
It's more than a personal preference; vecter is representing something about the culture of the site. It isn't just about community preference, either. HN is a democracy, but a constitutional one. The constitution is https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. > stupid and immature Speaking of which, please review what the constitution says about not calling names in arguments!
- mintplant 11y ago
  I'm sorry, I just downvoted your comment but I meant to upvote.
  - dang 11y ago
    If it helps, the data says you did neither :)
fao_ 11y ago
And please keep to the guidelines[0], the insults 'stupid' and 'immature' are not necessary to convey the idea that you find that behaviour abhorrent. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
vecter 11y ago
I posted this as a "Tell HN". A moderator must have changed it to "Ask HN".
- dang 11y ago
  Someone suggested that it might sound more courteous as "Ask", so we changed it. I doubt that verb choice was at the root of the objection there, but we can change it back.
  - vecter 11y ago
    No I think it's fine as is, thank you though :)