I have three reasons why the comment they made was not worthwhile. 1. Tiresome; it gets made every thread, rebutted every thread, and no progress is made in th

I have three reasons why the comment they made was not worthwhile. 1. Tiresome; it gets made every thread, rebutted every thread, and no progress is made in the discussion. It's time to stop saying the same thing over and over. 2. In bad faith; it does not respond meaningfully to the discussion. Something being legal does not make it ethically optimal. 3. Inciteful; these comments are lightning rods for emotional arguments in the replies. If a comment always causes low-quality discussion, then it's a low-quality comment. You're free to disagree with my points. I suppose I started the character shitflinging by calling the author a troll, but I really think anybody that's been reading HN for long enough (a decade, in that user's case) can do better if they intend to.