We're trying to keep the level of discourse high, here, remember? Especially since we're defenders of HN. :) http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://ww

We're trying to keep the level of discourse high, here, remember? Especially since we're defenders of HN. :) http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html I'd suggest vigorously arguing his ideas, not his character. I'd actually be really interested in reading a vigorous discussion of "To bot or not to bot" as it relates to twitter, Facebook and Buzz. I think discussing where the line is between automating specific marketing tasks and spamming lies is a really interesting question. I'd really enjoy reading both of you vigorously defend your oppposing points of view. But, this discussion has now degenerated into insults which robs me of the potential insights that both of you might have on the situation. I feel that posting insults also communicates to noob HN readers that insults are okay in this community, when in fact, it's not. One of the reasons that people like you and I have felt compelled to heavily invest our time here over the years is because we've generally managed to keep insulting comments at bay. :)