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It wasn't unsubstantive and generated quite a bit of discussion. Further, the article was political in nature. Feel free to ban me from HN because I will be pos
by atomical 9y ago
It wasn't unsubstantive and generated quite a bit of discussion. Further, the article was political in nature. Feel free to ban me from HN because I will be posting such things again. Thanks.
- dang 9y agoYes, the article being political in nature means that HN commenters need to be more careful about not adding flamebait to the thread, because politicized topics are much more vulnerable to flamewars. The guidelines make this point: "Comments should get more civil and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- atomical 9y agoWhat was uncivil about my comment? How does one judge a comment as civil and substantive? You've linked to something but haven't explained it.
- dang 9y agoNot sure how helpful this is, but on the assumption that you're asking in good faith: the problem with your comment upthread is that it was unsubstantive. Peace talks between the Koreas may not be the best story for HN, but to dismiss it shallowly with "It is pointless" and toss off one inflammatory detail in a hand-wavey way, is unsubstantive when addressing a new development in a major history. I'm not sure what's hard to see about that? it's a classic example actually. That is why we have that guideline among others.