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Well, okay. I can agree that the "go brexit yourself" was too much. I'm sorry about that. Noone should be accused of that kind of stupidity. (To clarify: I rea
by johansch 10y ago
Well, okay. I can agree that the "go brexit yourself" was too much. I'm sorry about that. Noone should be accused of that kind of stupidity.
(To clarify: I really, really did not mean "exit yourself". I did mean go do something stupid and self-destructive - but not lethal - like Brexit.)
But is it really too much to call a particular company/organization incompetent (in this particular issue it was implied that the incompetence was in terms of sales forecasting, marketing promises and logistics abilities)?
- dang 10y agoDirecting a pejorative at an entire entity (org or individual) is probably name-calling, which the HN guidelines ask you not to do, but I'd say it depends on the context. If it's embedded in a clearly thoughtful comment, it might be fine. If it's embedded in a ranty-indig comment, it's a problem. The first three bits of your comment are the latter, so even without the swipe at the end, it's still a bad HN comment. You clearly have a substantive point based on experience, which you could phrase thoughtfully if you wanted to. Then it would be a much better contribution—readers would learn more and you wouldn't be starting a fire. I realize that putting aside the pyrotechnics takes away some of the fun of the internet but (a) there are compensating rewards and (b) it's a tradeoff we all have to commit to in order to keep HN alive.