>Fwiw, hn has become very snarky too. Fortunately it's usually original snark, although usually the same people (myself included on occasion) will sooner die o

>Fwiw, hn has become very snarky too. Fortunately it's usually original snark, although usually the same people (myself included on occasion) will sooner die on a hill of pedantry than be proven wrong. It's the HN way. That said, some of my unoriginal, generic favorites include: "This isn't Reddit." and "Please don't do that here." The latter I like to call the pretend dang, wherein the commenter attempts to emulate or otherwise behave like a mod even though they're not a mod, and they have like 200 karma. This usually then triggers a visceral "Get off my lawn!" reaction, which I don't usually verbalize since it isn't constructive and there's always the chance they're actually a stealth mod. Generally speaking however, the most common form of snark tends to be the unspoken snark: being downvoted immediately by someone with a stick up their ass that is probably completely incapable of recognizing humor in any form it may take, and believes themselves to be the sole vanguard ensuring HN remains a serious place. Of course, arguably the best form of snark is meta snark: being snarky while discussing the topic of snark.