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Yes, thank you. I've read through the guidelines and also toned down / rewritten much of the comment. My apologies.
by CamelCaseName 8y ago
Yes, thank you. I've read through the guidelines and also toned down / rewritten much of the comment. My apologies.
- jakobegger 8y agoJesus christ the tone police is at it today... I liked your original post, it was alive, and even though I disagreed with the premise, I loved reading it. The revised version reads a bit bland...
- dang 8y agoYes, this is a real problem on HN. I've written about it over the years: https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix&page=0&query=by:dang%20bland https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme.... Unfortunately it seems to be a fundamental tradeoff rather than anything easy to fix. I'd love to get more people to understand that editing out the nasty bits from their comments (not that the GP was nasty) doesn't mean making everything bland. We want posts to be alive, just as you say. The rules aren't a moral thing or even a cultural thing, just a safety thing: we want this place not to blow up or burn down.
- shawn 8y agoUnfortunately it seems to be a fundamental tradeoff rather than anything easy to fix. There is an easy fix. Stop micromanaging. I'd love to get more people to understand that editing out the nasty bits from their comments (not that the GP was nasty) doesn't mean making everything bland. In fact, HN members are forced by you to write blandly, because otherwise you penalize them. Sometimes harshly and with little warning.