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Apple:FLOSS::HN:Reddit If you want freedom from stories being killed, sometimes without just reason, go to Reddit. Just like how you join the Cult of Steve wh
by w1ntermute 15y ago
Apple:FLOSS::HN:Reddit
If you want freedom from stories being killed, sometimes without just reason, go to Reddit.
Just like how you join the Cult of Steve when you get a Mac and learn to stop asking too many questions, you join the Cult of Paul when you become an HN member and learn to stop asking too many questions. They're probably not going to be answered and will just alienate you from the rest of the community. Meta posts like this especially so.
- olalonde 15y agoI think it's important to educate new users about why they're being down voted so they don't repeat the same mistakes and integrate the community. The same should apply to killed stories, especially when they have so many up votes.
- w1ntermute 15y agoThat's true, but meta-posts like this just exacerbate the problem. Perhaps the addition of a message to the existing post that was killed would be the best solution?
- shii 15y agoNah, passive aggressiveness with lack of communication is the way to go. Let the noobs lurk moar.
- w1ntermute 15y agoThat was my original plan as well but I'm trying to provide some constructive criticism here. Since olalonde's been on HN for almost 2 years, I thought he deserved at least that much. If his account were less than a year old, I would've just passive-aggressively ignored his reply too ;) In all seriousness, there is value in learning by observing vis-a-vis learning by being told. Things tend to stick better and for longer when you have to observe them yourself.
- olalonde 15y agoThat was my original plan as well but comments are disabled on dead stories.