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This is slightly meta, but I find it interesting that the person you're attacking is questioning the utility of a point-based system and yet that very system is
by fnovd 8y ago
This is slightly meta, but I find it interesting that the person you're attacking is questioning the utility of a point-based system and yet that very system is trying to silence your speech rather than theirs. The mob wants you to know that refusing to question the mob is against the rules.
- dymk 8y agoThe mob wants to think it's self-critical when asked directly. But I dare the mob to be self-critical of some popularly held belief without the pretext of this meta commentary. HN can be very one sided, and it shows in lots of discussions, from ads to piracy to language choices.
- jshevek 8y agoOr the mob simply didn't like their tone or phrasing.