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https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling,
by chippy 6y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
"Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data."
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"Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. "
- mhh__ 6y ago1) not what I did - I'm providing a hypothesis for what I saw. 2) also not what I did, I'm suggesting an alternative design that encourages discourse. Mindlessly posting the rules is also pretty fucking boring too, it's not exactly Hegelian dialectics in the average thread is it.