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> "edit: I hate to say it but the auto-downvoters here on HN are approaching reddit levels. Everything I said above is true." It's not that you're wrong, it's
by jodrellblank 6y ago
> "edit: I hate to say it but the auto-downvoters here on HN are approaching reddit levels. Everything I said above is true."
It's not that you're wrong, it's that you're boring.
"I knew this years ago, look how my cynicism is superior to your naievite" is a boring comment to read. You could explain why you think this is any closer to fraud compared to selling anything else and claiming it's the best in its class, or what safe-harbor carve outs by whom, or why they matter more than other effects, or what you think should be done to change them, or anything more substantial than "I'm not surprised". Oh aren't you? Great, cool story bro. Except it's not /even/ a cool story.
It's old man "get off my lawn". It's every tech forum's old-man status grabbing which is now approaching Reddit /r/SysAdmin levels on HN. The only question is whether aggressive downvoting can curb its growth here before it gets a choke-hold.
- stevespang 6y agoEhhh, get off my lawn, arsehole.
- dang 6y agoPlease don't cross into personal attack and name calling. It only makes things considerably worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- jodrellblank 6y agoI will rephrase as "your comment is boring" rather than "you're boring" in future; my intent was to describe the comment and not to attack the author's person.
- dang 6y agoThat would certainly be better.