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Can you tell me concretely what you'd like me to do? A meta topic was raised by others, and I became involved. What did I do above and beyond others to be singl
by yummyfajitas 10y ago
Can you tell me concretely what you'd like me to do? A meta topic was raised by others, and I became involved. What did I do above and beyond others to be singled out?
If the topic was useless, shouldn't you be detaching at the parent of the thread (which wasn't me)?
- dang 10y ago> Can you tell me concretely what you'd like me to do? I'd like you to optimize for the quality of the thread as a whole. You've been here for years and have more than enough information to do that.
- yummyfajitas 10y agoThe only way I can see to do this is to not openly state unpopular opinions. Is that really what you are telling me to do? HN is no longer open to ideas that the hecklers wish to veto? Or is there some alternate option you are aware of which I am not? How would you propose that I make my point without resulting in eastwestmath becoming hostile?
- dang 10y agoI'm happy to discuss this but I need an indication that you're asking it in good faith and not just stonewalling (and putting words in my mouth a la "HN is no longer open to ideas"). Good faith means being willing to take some of the responsibility for these outcomes instead of putting 100% on everybody else and 0% on yourself. Self-responsibility is a conservative value and you generally espouse those, so that shouldn't be too hard.