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I feel like “resist the urge to post claims about concepts outside your domain/grasp” is clear, actionable advice that improves the community. What if you spent
by relaxing 6y ago
I feel like “resist the urge to post claims about concepts outside your domain/grasp” is clear, actionable advice that improves the community. What if you spent more time policing that, instead of policing of tone of people trying to make it better? Take care of the commons earlier, and then these type of posts wouldn’t be necessary.
I’m not sure why you would question the intentions of the upvoters - do you believe they don’t understand how the upvote system works? It seems clear they had every intention of promoting OP’s message and forcefulness with which it was delivered.
- dang 6y agoThere are other ways to make such points which don't break the site guidelines. You're ignoring the damage to the community that I'm writing about, which is much more important. Massive, low-information, vicious flamewars are the biggest existential threat to the community. I don't believe that either the commenter or the upvoters wanted an off-topic flamewar to be pinned at the top of the most popular thread on HN's front page. That would be malice! Outcomes like this happen on the internet, not by deliberate malice, but because a large number of small contributions—usually made without much attention, and without thinking of the overall health of the community—compound into a damaging outcome.
- relaxing 6y agoOP directly addresses the topic with the goal of improving the community. That you think it is both OT and malicious makes me incredibly sad. Calling that particular subset of voters thoughtless because you disagree with them is a nasty brand of solipsism.
- dang 6y agoI said it was not malicious!