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Ok, I've edited my comment to make it less hostile.

• dang 6y ago
  If you still open with "Wow please stop with this gatekeeping" then you're still breaking the site guidelines. Please do better. Threads deteriorate more from people's reactions to bad comments then they do from the bad comments themselves. Much more, actually, because flamewars wouldn't spread at all if the only reactions were downvotes and flags.
  • scrollaway 6y ago
    I've removed the inflammatory stuff, it was out of line. But calling people out on gatekeeping others from contributing in open source is not that, i disagree. I usually just flag and move on, i probably should have done that here too, but i stand by what's left of my comment post-edit.
    • dang 6y ago
      If you're tempted to use the phrase "calling out", you're probably not in the intended spirit of this site. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=callout%20culture%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... That kind of thing has poisonous systemic effects. It's not worth it. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20punishment%20learning&sort=byDate&type=story&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Btw, I agree with you on the underlying point. But how one goes about making right points is exceedingly important. It may be more important than wrongness, although that's an unfashionable perspective at the moment.
      • scrollaway 6y ago
        Fair enough.