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I don't get the need for harmony everywhere. We're all adults and should be able to cope with someone saying the F* word in relation to a really shitty technolo

by leon_ 15y ago

I don't get the need for harmony everywhere. We're all adults and should be able to cope with someone saying the F* word in relation to a really shitty technology. I accepted that for HN I have to fabric soften my comments but only because of that karma thing. Without score keeping (well, at least without the negative effects of having low karma) my comments would be more colorful. They would say 100% the same but in a more entertaining way. But as that's not acceptable for this community you only get my robotic self ;)

haberman 15y ago
I got a nice chuckle out of "fabric soften" -- doesn't sound robotic to me. :) I think the problem with sharp comments is that they evoke a response of defensiveness and argumentativeness in many/most people that corrupts the actual content of the discussion. If people start being primarily concerned with winning the argument, the quality of discussion suffers. It's harder to back down from a position if a second ago you were arguing that anyone who thinks that must be an idiot of the first degree.