(I had a nice long thought-out response for you until a windows update popup appeared mid-sentence, and I accidentally triggered it. Maybe I'll write it all out

(I had a nice long thought-out response for you until a windows update popup appeared mid-sentence, and I accidentally triggered it. Maybe I'll write it all out again later, maybe not. What I write now is a much condensed version) > you guys should really get admin badges for actual HN admins. That might be a good idea > straightforward typical comment on any other tech news platform I visit HN explicitly because it's not a typical tech news platform and isn't full of those typical comments. > It is therefore hilarious (and substantive) hilarious != substantive It was a shallow dismissal, however you slice it. Such comments are not welcome on HN. Please don't post them. > What's so hypocritical about you guys is you upvoted it until dang commented. Upvotes are not king here. Just because people upvoted it does not mean it was a good comment. > That said this has seriously shaken my confidence in the quality of discourse on HN and ruined my day. I am confused that how your comment fared in upvotes somehow has something to do with the quality of discourse on HN. There was no discourse. The fact that you got upvotes but no responses means that despite the fact people engaged with your comment, they didn't discuss anything. There was no discourse. (until my own attempt at a meta-response) And yes, believe it or not, all that is still shorter than what I originally wrote.