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To be fair, I don't think most people know about a random comment pg made 10 years ago. You could certainly make the case that it changed the ethos of the place
by edanm 8y ago
To be fair, I don't think most people know about a random comment pg made 10 years ago. You could certainly make the case that it changed the ethos of the place, but I know that I personally disagree with him, and try to make sure never to downvote something I simply disagree with, but thought was well argued.
- stephenr 8y agoWhenever someone has brought up the topic, someone has piped up with "but pg said", linking to that post (or alluding to it) and conveniently never mentioning that even he realised it was a mistake a couple of years later
- stephenr 8y agoAnd here we go, a moderator specifically telling someone 'down voting for disagreement is OK', and linking to a series of posts by pg staging the same thing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18199276 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18199276
- edanm 8y agoOK, fair enough. Not sure how I got the opposite impression then.