This is a professional engineering / IT / white-collar crowd -- most people posting on HN write a lot of emails and expect a level of professionalism. Honestly

This is a professional engineering / IT / white-collar crowd -- most people posting on HN write a lot of emails and expect a level of professionalism. Honestly, that's what keeps the quality of the site high. Compare that to reddit, where I've seen multiple responses that were literally just "bruh"