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It would help to give some specific examples of threads or comments you think are hateful. The more active HN users, with the support of the moderators, are qu

It would help to give some specific examples of threads or comments you think are hateful. The more active HN users, with the support of the moderators, are quite vigilant about downvoting or flagging nasty comments. Can you give any examples of nasty or mean comments that appear high up in the comment thread and/or without being faded or flagged? The whole idea of Show HN is to encourage people to build interesting things and get feedback to help them improve their project and/or skills. So, constructive criticism should be welcomed whereas meanness should be weeded out any time it appears. If you're seeing mean comments in Show HN posts, you should flag and downvote those comments and consider reporting them to the moderators at hn@ycombinator.com.

eesmith 8y ago
Based on the first page of https://news.ycombinator.com/shownew https://news.ycombinator.com/shownew (30 postings, 29 are "Show HN", 12 have comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17548331 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17548331 - both comments by the show-er. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17547703 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17547703 - one non-author comment, author responded along the lines "good point" but "edge case". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17546384 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17546384 - one comment, possibly negative (a complaint about the use of the word 'certificated'). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17545446 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17545446 - one non-author comment, seems like a valid critique https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17544832 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17544832 - only one author comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17544332 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17544332 - only one author comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17544330 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17544330 - only one author comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17541458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17541458 - only one author comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17541114 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17541114 - I felt the one comment was negative. I have added a more positive followup. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17540687 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17540687 - the one comment starts "Genius" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17540393 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17540393 - a meta Show HN doing sentiment analysis on Show HN. Many comments. Mixed. Seems overall positive. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17540210 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17540210 - only one author comment From this I conclude that 1) Most Show HNs go uncommented, even when the author tries to encourage feedback by adding a comment, and 2) it is not the case that "the HN community is always hating on new ideas."

eesmith 8y ago

Based on the first page of https://news.ycombinator.com/shownew https://news.ycombinator.com/shownew (30 postings, 29 are "Show HN", 12 have comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17548331 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17548331 - both comments by the show-er. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17547703 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17547703 - one non-author comment, author responded along the lines "good point" but "edge case". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17546384 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17546384 - one comment, possibly negative (a complaint about the use of the word 'certificated'). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17545446 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17545446 - one non-author comment, seems like a valid critique https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17544832 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17544832 - only one author comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17544332 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17544332 - only one author comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17544330 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17544330 - only one author comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17541458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17541458 - only one author comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17541114 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17541114 - I felt the one comment was negative. I have added a more positive followup. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17540687 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17540687 - the one comment starts "Genius" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17540393 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17540393 - a meta Show HN doing sentiment analysis on Show HN. Many comments. Mixed. Seems overall positive. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17540210 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17540210 - only one author comment From this I conclude that 1) Most Show HNs go uncommented, even when the author tries to encourage feedback by adding a comment, and 2) it is not the case that "the HN community is always hating on new ideas."