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There's a certain irony to the lack of tact in this post suggesting better manners. I suspect the point would be better received were it more politely made. I,
by larkeith 9y ago
There's a certain irony to the lack of tact in this post suggesting better manners. I suspect the point would be better received were it more politely made.
I, of course, am merely propagating the cycle.
- mkobit 9y agoThat post seems like quintessential trolling. It was my expectation as well when going to the page to just click the "Go" button and see what the results would be, and I think the suggestion is great feedback. I think it is generally in the spirit of these "Show HN" posts to give and get feedback and discuss with the creator. The response post to that user, to me, is patronizing and is undoubtedly going to ruffle some feathers. But, now we aren't even talking about the OPs cool project...
- Stratoscope 9y agoWhen I was a kid my mom told me "always say 'please' and 'thank you'." So from then on, when I wanted something, I said "please and thank you." I think this was my first social hack. I just wish it had worked better!
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- dspillett 9y agoI've see something similar when offering items on freecycle: people seem to think that the more they insert "pls" and "thnx" into a message the more likely it is that they'll be first in the queue. I swear at least once there was more instances of "pls" and thnx" (there seems to be a significant overlap between people who overuse the words and people who don't bother to type them properly, though that may be the linguistic snob in me talking) than all other words combined. It backfired by making the message difficult to read so I binned it and read the next.
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