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There's a basic weapon that many people seem to forget: ignore what doesn't matter. That useless trendy language/tool/methodology that sometimes fills half of H
by narag 7y ago
There's a basic weapon that many people seem to forget: ignore what doesn't matter. That useless trendy language/tool/methodology that sometimes fills half of HN front page? Don't even click the link, of course don't go to the comments page, much less write a comment because someone's wrong in the Internet.
A community with strong ideas about how you should write? Don't even go there.
Respect people, other than that, write with your own voice and ignore everybody.
- nkozyra 7y agoThe point is these things reach a saturation and acceptable point such that you can't ignore it. Because ubiquity.
- narag 7y agoThat's right, but tracking what you can't ignore is effortless, the opposite to shooting a moving target.
- pjc50 7y agoWell, you can ignore it, and people can ignore you. Non participation works both ways.
- nkozyra 7y agoWhat I'm saying is at a certain saturation it's impossible to ignore. It's nice in theory but if something becomes ingrained in language you'll either use it or communication will suffer.
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- PeterisP 7y agoThe fact that it's impossible to ignore it without consequences doesn't mean that it's impossible to ignore. Yes, communication with some people is likely to suffer. So be it.
- cortic 7y ago>much less write a comment because someone's wrong in the Internet. ..but they're, wrong!