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Please, for the love of all that isn't dreadful and tedious, not this again. > Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genu

by sctb 8y ago

Please, for the love of all that isn't dreadful and tedious, not this again. > Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Cuuugi 8y ago
While we are quoting guidelines, i would argue the whole story should be flagged. >"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."
- sctb 8y ago
  > Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it.
  - Cuuugi 8y ago
    >Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead.