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You really need to put better guidelines as to what counts as "incivility", cause it really seems like you just make it up as you go. I've read the guidelines;
by s73ver 10y ago
You really need to put better guidelines as to what counts as "incivility", cause it really seems like you just make it up as you go. I've read the guidelines; and they are very unclear about what counts as "incivility". Someone above is making very civil arguments against piracy, and yet they're still getting rate limited, implying that they're commenting against the guidelines. I'm not complaining that they're downvoted; I'm complaining that they appear to be punished for doing what you say you want people to do.
As for this specific case, that's what the content of the article posted contained. If what this poster said was incivil, then the entire article shouldn't have been allowed.
- dang 10y agoI'm always happy to explain how we interpret things when users are asking in good faith. That's not clear to me in this case though. HN has never been a letter-of-the-law kind of place. It would be a huge mistake to try to formalize the rules here. It would lead to bureaucracy, nitpickery, system-gaming, and plenty more that would eat our souls. Does that mean interpretation is involved? Yes, as it always is everywhere. I think I've explained to you before that it's an abuse of HN to use it primarily for battle as opposed to curiosity. We really can't have both, so would you please use the site the intended way from now on?