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Sorry for the lack of explanation! If you were being literal and straightforward, then the thing to do is not to post off topic but flag the post (or email us t
by sctb 8y ago
Sorry for the lack of explanation! If you were being literal and straightforward, then the thing to do is not to post off topic but flag the post (or email us to tell us that someone is posting algorithmically). If you meant it as a diss to the poster, then the rule is:
> Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say face-to-face. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more civil and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
If it was somewhere in between those two then the rule still applies: we want civil and substantive discussion in which we can learn something.
- wallace_f 8y agoI can assure you it wasn't a put-down to the poster (I personally disagree with this). It was certainly a sincere, albeit admittedly snarky criticism of that particular post (I think this rule against snarkiness is getting a bit sensitive, but I'm happy to cooperate with the rule). While I have your attention, you might want to investigate the bullying and downvote brigaiding I've experienced. I noticed over the last days my posts go down in simultaneous troves. For example, sometimes I would move to a new thread, and see I'd lost 6 karma. Then I'd open up my comments, and every time it was each of my comments that day going down by 1. Then about 5-10 minutes later, they would all each go down by -1 again. I still notice this. I cant make a comment on this site without, at some point, each of my comments ticking down by -1 in perfect synchronizarion, two times. It seems blatantly obvious someone has 2 HN accounts and is stalking my comments.