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How does detaching my comment from the person I was replying to and removing all context of the conversation help? There was nothing generic about my comment n
by fossdev 8y ago
How does detaching my comment from the person I was replying to and removing all context of the conversation help?
There was nothing generic about my comment nor was it a tangent from the topic at hand. It was a direct reply to an individual in favor of "diversity as a goal" policies as a means for correcting biases.
- dang 8y agoIt helps by allowing the generic flamewar topic to sink to the bottom of the thread, where it is less likely to burn everything else to a crisp. The link back to the original parent is there to provide context for anyone who wants it. It may be true that you didn't introduce the generic topic; flamewars arise by degrees, so the choice of where to snip them is often a little arbitrary. Usually we snip it where the discussion becomes unmoored from the topic, which might not be where the bait first appeared.