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Funny thing is, I wouldn't have noticed the account name if you didn't point it out.

by klez 7y ago

dang 7y ago
Others would, though. That's the problem with the long tail: it only takes one or two provokeables to end up with an offtopic mess.
- lightedman 7y ago
  Looks like you're the only one provoked by the name, dang.
  - dang 7y ago
    No, someone emailed to complain about it.
    - lightedman 7y ago
      E-mails mean jack and shit. Is the disruption happening ON SITE? No. The whiner e-mailing behind people's backs like this is Elementary School should be summarily ignored. It's a fucking HANDLE for crying out loud. Anyone letting a fictitious handle bother them doesn't belong on the internet, PERIOD. And you should be doubly-so kicked off moderation staff for pandering to such absolute childish nonsense.
      - dang 7y ago
        I think you're mistaken about the emails. If one HN user gets enough activation energy to email us, the odds are that they represent a whole group of users who are having the same experience, most of whom won't email. So it pays to take a single email seriously. Of course sometimes the emails are more...eccentric, but those are different cases. I'm not going to count the rest of this post as a guidelines violation because I understand how things like this can drive a person up a wall and we all go on tilt sometimes. But I do want to ask you to make sure not to post like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22082038 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22082038 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22068236 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22068236. Those are the kind of thing we ban accounts for, and I don't want to have to ban you again. Most of your recent comments have been fine for HN.
        lightedman 7y ago
        "But I do want to ask you to make sure not to post like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22082038" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22082038" Oh, I can't tell the truth about what's happening in my state due to OTHER states? Gracias. I didn't even call anyone names. I stated a plain fact and you let butt-hurt people called out on their BS have the advantage. You are beyond disappointing as a moderator.

Funny thing is, I wouldn't have noticed the account name if you didn't point it out.

by klez 7y ago

Funny thing is, I wouldn't have noticed the account name if you didn't point it out.

dang 7y ago

Others would, though. That's the problem with the long tail: it only takes one or two provokeables to end up with an offtopic mess.

lightedman 7y ago
Looks like you're the only one provoked by the name, dang.
- dang 7y ago
  No, someone emailed to complain about it.
  - lightedman 7y ago
    E-mails mean jack and shit. Is the disruption happening ON SITE? No. The whiner e-mailing behind people's backs like this is Elementary School should be summarily ignored. It's a fucking HANDLE for crying out loud. Anyone letting a fictitious handle bother them doesn't belong on the internet, PERIOD. And you should be doubly-so kicked off moderation staff for pandering to such absolute childish nonsense.
    - dang 7y ago
      I think you're mistaken about the emails. If one HN user gets enough activation energy to email us, the odds are that they represent a whole group of users who are having the same experience, most of whom won't email. So it pays to take a single email seriously. Of course sometimes the emails are more...eccentric, but those are different cases. I'm not going to count the rest of this post as a guidelines violation because I understand how things like this can drive a person up a wall and we all go on tilt sometimes. But I do want to ask you to make sure not to post like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22082038 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22082038 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22068236 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22068236. Those are the kind of thing we ban accounts for, and I don't want to have to ban you again. Most of your recent comments have been fine for HN.
      - lightedman 7y ago
        "But I do want to ask you to make sure not to post like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22082038" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22082038" Oh, I can't tell the truth about what's happening in my state due to OTHER states? Gracias. I didn't even call anyone names. I stated a plain fact and you let butt-hurt people called out on their BS have the advantage. You are beyond disappointing as a moderator.