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What a nice thing to do! However I couldn't not notice the typical anonymous mob commenting. Some of the comments on that reddit are so mean. How evil can some

What a nice thing to do! However I couldn't not notice the typical anonymous mob commenting. Some of the comments on that reddit are so mean. How evil can some folks be when someone just went through his wife's passing.

nicolas_t 6y ago
I didn't see much of that, most of the comments seems to be nice and supportive (at least I've felt a bit uplifted from how nice a lot of the comments were)
- brianush1 6y ago
  Most of the bad ones have been removed now: https://www.removeddit.com/r/DIY/comments/j321gz/my_wife_recently_passed_away_i_used_my_time_off/ https://www.removeddit.com/r/DIY/comments/j321gz/my_wife_rec... Lots of comments talking about how it's too little too late and accusing OP of karma-whoring.
  - tclancy 6y ago
    Hell of a way to do it.
furyofantares 6y ago
Do you have comments sorted by controversial or something? It took me quite a while to find the comments I think you're talking about in any other sorting method.
- orliesaurus 6y ago
  I sorted by newest
random_visitor 6y ago
This kind of comments are really difficult to get rid of, especially so in a site that doesn't strictly tie with your real self. Also, that kind of behaviour is extremely hard to curb. If moderators lay guidelines on what kind of talk is and isn't allowed, people attack the mods and the subreddit for taking away their freedom. If mods are lenient, this and much worse happens. I used to moderate a popular sub (top 100 subs on reddit), and I hate to say that these are mild by reddit standards and about what you should expect on a popular post (the key being "reddit standard"). I'm pretty sure mods are cracking down on these comments, but a mob of people can generate them much faster than a dozen or so volunteers can delete away
- mettamage 6y ago
  > especially so in a site that doesn't strictly tie with your real self. I never realized it so clearly, but this is definitely the case for me on HN and probably for more commenters on HN.
  - pwillia7 6y ago
    Use handles that can be traced back to you everywhere reasonable
- m463 6y ago
  > especially so in a site that doesn't strictly tie with your real self. In the bigger view, that isn't really something to fix. In fact it might be a good thing - let people make mistakes, be downvoted, see what enlightened people commented and maybe learn.

nicolas_t 6y ago

I didn't see much of that, most of the comments seems to be nice and supportive (at least I've felt a bit uplifted from how nice a lot of the comments were)

brianush1 6y ago
Most of the bad ones have been removed now: https://www.removeddit.com/r/DIY/comments/j321gz/my_wife_recently_passed_away_i_used_my_time_off/ https://www.removeddit.com/r/DIY/comments/j321gz/my_wife_rec... Lots of comments talking about how it's too little too late and accusing OP of karma-whoring.
- tclancy 6y ago
  Hell of a way to do it.

furyofantares 6y ago

Do you have comments sorted by controversial or something? It took me quite a while to find the comments I think you're talking about in any other sorting method.

orliesaurus 6y ago
I sorted by newest

random_visitor 6y ago

This kind of comments are really difficult to get rid of, especially so in a site that doesn't strictly tie with your real self. Also, that kind of behaviour is extremely hard to curb. If moderators lay guidelines on what kind of talk is and isn't allowed, people attack the mods and the subreddit for taking away their freedom. If mods are lenient, this and much worse happens. I used to moderate a popular sub (top 100 subs on reddit), and I hate to say that these are mild by reddit standards and about what you should expect on a popular post (the key being "reddit standard"). I'm pretty sure mods are cracking down on these comments, but a mob of people can generate them much faster than a dozen or so volunteers can delete away

mettamage 6y ago
> especially so in a site that doesn't strictly tie with your real self. I never realized it so clearly, but this is definitely the case for me on HN and probably for more commenters on HN.
- pwillia7 6y ago
  Use handles that can be traced back to you everywhere reasonable
m463 6y ago
> especially so in a site that doesn't strictly tie with your real self. In the bigger view, that isn't really something to fix. In fact it might be a good thing - let people make mistakes, be downvoted, see what enlightened people commented and maybe learn.