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As a gentle reminder to the commenters in this thread, please keep in mind the Show HN guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombin
by scott_s 10y ago
As a gentle reminder to the commenters in this thread, please keep in mind the Show HN guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html):
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Be respectful. Anyone sharing work is making a contribution, however modest.
Ask questions out of curiosity. Don't cross-examine.
Instead of "you're doing it wrong", suggest alternatives. When someone is learning, help them learn more.
When something isn't good, you needn't pretend that it is. But don't be gratuitously negative.
- kbenson 10y agoI assume people removed overly negative comments (or they were removed for them?), as at this point there's not a lot of negativity at all, and the top two comments are both pointing out that the Show HN guidelines, which are predominantly about being civil and avoiding negativity. It makes for a somewhat surreal reading experience.
- rfrey 10y agoWhen I saw first read the comments this morning, the now-greyed out comments at the bottom of this thread were the only thing posted. 5 or 6 comments, all variations on the theme "why bother, lol".
- scott_s 10y agoSame. From my experience, I think that initial conditions on a thread matter. From what I saw, I was worried the thread would snowball in the negative direction.