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It's pretty hard sometimes.
by vernie 8y ago
It's pretty hard sometimes.
- dang 8y agoYou're absolutely right. But it's the social contract here, in the sense that all users are asked to make the effort in order to have a community that doesn't suck, or at least doesn't completely suck, in the long run. You might find these other links helpful for explaining the original spirit of the site: https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/trolls.html http://www.paulgraham.com/trolls.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html