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I usually agree, but in this case maybe the author needs to hear exactly that. At least the author might the want to stop boasting about these things (and save
by andi999 6y ago
I usually agree, but in this case maybe the author needs to hear exactly that. At least the author might the want to stop boasting about these things (and save his future career etc).
- dang 6y agoI appreciate the sentiment, but that is probably better reserved for personal interactions than internet pile-ons. There are lots of factors we don't know. Also, if we're to be honest with ourselves, internet pile-ons don't arise out of compassionate concern for the other. That's a justification that gets tacked on. It's moot anyhow, because the main reason not to have threads go that way is that it does bad things to the community. Each time it happens, we deepen the pathways towards making HN nastier and more toxic, and since those are the default paths already, we need to consciously cultivate the opposite.
- kolbe 6y agoThis was written in 2015. What's worse logic: his code or HN thinking that shit talking him five years later in a forum we don't even know if he sees is constructive?
- dang 6y agoObviously I agree, but please don't add to the problem by dumping more nastiness into the thread. Note this guideline also: "Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community." It's worth remembering that HN is a statistical cloud of posts, not a person, and so can't think anything. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- aaronblohowiak 6y agoyou are a singular individual, dang. thank you for what you do for HN