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> talks about cheap ways to feel smart by posting scathing commentary on hacker news
by _iao 9y ago
> talks about cheap ways to feel smart by posting scathing commentary on hacker news
- dang 9y agoPlease don't do this here. If you have a substantive point to make, make it thoughtfully; otherwise please don't post until you do. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html
- anigbrowl 9y agoThis was a substantive critique and well made. The grandparent post was barbed; people who dish out criticism must be willing to have it served back to them.
- dang 9y agoIf that's the game you want to play, or watch, HN is not the place. Here the game is de-escalation. It's sort of like leaving a campsite in better shape than you found it. The problem with trading barbs is that it triggers worse and ends in doom. There's plenty of room for critique that doesn't destroy the threads.
- aanm1988 9y agoHow exactly are comments like the one at the top of this chain constructive? It's been downvoted and people have responded in ways which do break the rules. It's essentially saying if you like this movie, you are either a moron or support eugenics. Earlier in the thread there is a post basically saying that people don't like KotH because they are arrogant coastal elitists who shit on small town culture because they don't understand it.
- anigbrowl 9y agoI don't think you understood my point, Dan. You're not engaged in de-escalation, but in validating whoever goes low first by picking on the person who points out their behavior. It's essentially the same as putting the blame for a schoolyard fight on the person who threw the last punch rather than the one who initiated the conflict. It creates an incentive for people to talk negatively knowing that the consequences of any conflict are more likely to fall upon those who challenge the negative behavior. You're a good moderator but I've seen you do this many times (>10) and I'd like you to think about that.
- dangsAnus 9y agoobviously the parent to that post doesn't have a pussy pass, like Andrea does, other wise you'd have banned his account. HN protip: get a pussy pass and USE IT.