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Please stop violating the guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html). We detached this subth

by sctb 9y ago

Please stop violating the guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html). We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14879917 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14879917 and marked it off-topic.

m-j-fox 9y ago
You wrote guidelines! (But still the only way to find out about them is to violate a few. Ex post facto.)
- detaro 9y ago
  They are linked in the footer appearing on nearly every page of HN (and have been for years). Comments about downvotes are explicitly addressed in them, so not much room for interpretation there either.
  - m-j-fox 9y ago
    I see that now, but, 58 days ago, dang said: > It's impossible to write everything down, it would be boring to try, and the reward for such foolishness would be even worse behavior. The commenters who most poison internet forums are experts in adapting to rules so they're technically not violating them. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14455714 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14455714 So maybe tell dang about the guidelines.
    - detaro 9y ago
      That quote is an argument for why "not mentioned in the guidelines doesn't mean it is acceptable behavior", it's not saying that no written-down rules exist.
  - DanBC 9y ago
    They're also suggested next to the text entry box for new accounts. http://imgur.com/a/R1wyo http://imgur.com/a/R1wyo
- deleted 9y ago
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- dang 9y ago
  If you continue to post uncivil and/or unsubstantive comments, we will ban you.
  - m-j-fox 9y ago
    Do what you gotta do, dang, according to you're taste. According to my taste, flagging on a polite and irrefutable comment is what's uncivil and/or unsusbstantive. There's no recourse other than to say something so that's what I gotta do. Thanks. The controversial statement that started this was: > Perhaps rather anecdotal, but this is why I joined Uber, and did not take my Facebook or Google offers. It feels nice to work on tech that directly impacts lives and how a persons day flows. As opposed to, as you correctly put it, optimizing click bait. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14879917 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14879917

by sctb 9y ago

m-j-fox 9y ago

You wrote guidelines! (But still the only way to find out about them is to violate a few. Ex post facto.)

detaro 9y ago
They are linked in the footer appearing on nearly every page of HN (and have been for years). Comments about downvotes are explicitly addressed in them, so not much room for interpretation there either.
- m-j-fox 9y ago
  I see that now, but, 58 days ago, dang said: > It's impossible to write everything down, it would be boring to try, and the reward for such foolishness would be even worse behavior. The commenters who most poison internet forums are experts in adapting to rules so they're technically not violating them. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14455714 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14455714 So maybe tell dang about the guidelines.
  - detaro 9y ago
    That quote is an argument for why "not mentioned in the guidelines doesn't mean it is acceptable behavior", it's not saying that no written-down rules exist.
- DanBC 9y ago
  They're also suggested next to the text entry box for new accounts. http://imgur.com/a/R1wyo http://imgur.com/a/R1wyo
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dang 9y ago
If you continue to post uncivil and/or unsubstantive comments, we will ban you.
- m-j-fox 9y ago
  Do what you gotta do, dang, according to you're taste. According to my taste, flagging on a polite and irrefutable comment is what's uncivil and/or unsusbstantive. There's no recourse other than to say something so that's what I gotta do. Thanks. The controversial statement that started this was: > Perhaps rather anecdotal, but this is why I joined Uber, and did not take my Facebook or Google offers. It feels nice to work on tech that directly impacts lives and how a persons day flows. As opposed to, as you correctly put it, optimizing click bait. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14879917 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14879917