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There is no need to resort to ad hominem attacks here, this is HN and we generally try to stay above that level. A comment get flagged killed on HN when a larg
by belorn 7y ago
There is no need to resort to ad hominem attacks here, this is HN and we generally try to stay above that level.
A comment get flagged killed on HN when a larger number of people report it, usually because it introduce flamewar topics without having something genuinely new to say.
See more at: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- yodon 7y agoProfoundly unimpressed with the the hypocrisy around free speech evidenced by the GPL advocates. I had hoped you would fire back to say it wasn't you and that you disagreed with the flagging. Your "clever retort" however is the reply of someone who is pleased that opposing viewpoints are being shut down and hidden from the world. Perhaps one day you will have the confidence to believe and understand that your ability to articulate for your points is powerful enough that you should not just allow but encourage opposing viewpoints to be heard, so that you could use your facilities to convince others of the right answer. You have that capacity. Blocking the opinion of others from being heard is not worthy of you.
- belorn 7y agoI could write a bot that replied to all news stories that mention software under Permissive Open Source licenses and say that such licenses are a huge mistake and GPL licenses are clearly winning in the intellectual marketplace, linking to the study on Debian and Debian market share as proof. Bots that advocate for either side would not make HN a better place and people flagging it would be the right choice. Not just because they are bots but because the repeated discussion does not advance any persons views or opinion. It is just advertisement noise from advocates arguing that their side is the holy crusade.