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The internet feels very hostile nowadays - it seems like there's no end of people ready to take any comment out of context, and misconstrue to start an argument
by test1235 7y ago
The internet feels very hostile nowadays - it seems like there's no end of people ready to take any comment out of context, and misconstrue to start an argument.
- dang 7y agoHN's guidelines are designed to dampen that. Example: "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." Of course the existence of guidelines does not imply the existence of guideline-following. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html