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I get your point and understand where it's coming from. But I'd rather read more honest flamebait on HN than those obsessivly sterile technocratic sohpisms for
by 74d-fe6-2c6 6y ago
I get your point and understand where it's coming from. But I'd rather read more honest flamebait on HN than those obsessivly sterile technocratic sohpisms for the sake of enabling pseudo-objective debates. A lot of people here are all about constructing smart arguments which only superficially add to a deeper understanding but actually handicap it.
- dang 6y agoTwo problems with this argument: (1) it ignores the externalities: flamebait creates flamewars, which destroy the site. No doubt house fires can be exciting to watch and even interesting in a certain way, but we still have to put them out and it's still a crime to set them; (2) one type of bad comment doesn't justify a second type of bad comment—you should post good comments instead. The answer to sophisms is not internet dreck.
- 74d-fe6-2c6 6y agodang, you're doing a great job. sorry for taking up your time.