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"The barrier to entry of participating on HN is not how you word, or begin your point - but the value you add." The original impetus behind HN was that it is a
by YuriNiyazov 16y ago
"The barrier to entry of participating on HN is not how you word, or begin your point - but the value you add."
The original impetus behind HN was that it is a place where people can have civil discourse online. Proper grammar and spelling when writing are a part of that - it is the equivalent of not drooling from your mouth when speaking.
- geoffw8 16y ago> it is the equivalent of not drooling from your mouth when speaking. No, it is not. Not everyone is hot on their written english. I'm sure if this was a fundamental of the HN community, the HN team would have referred to it in the guidelines - http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. I'll repeat what I said above, its about the value in what you say, not how you word/spell it.