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HN's guidelines have been developed over 10+ years and give good guidance as to what kinds of comments are well-received here: https://news.ycombinator.com/new
by tomhoward 7y ago
HN's guidelines have been developed over 10+ years and give good guidance as to what kinds of comments are well-received here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- The_rationalist 7y agoI really like those guidelines! Could you please enlighten me on which one did I break?
- tomhoward 7y agoSome possibilities below. FWIW, I didn't downvote you, I'm just suggesting reasons why others might have. > Be kind. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. > Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents. > Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work > Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.
- homonculus1 7y agoI see nothing in the guidelines that relates to the original comment.