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please see my response below. people always assume the worst.
by weatherlight 5y ago
please see my response below. people always assume the worst.
- dang 5y agoI certainly don't want to assume the worst, but we have to go by the comments people actually post and the known effects of such things [1], i.e. what sort of subthread they're expected to lead to [2]. Your GP comment was unsubstantive, on perhaps the most flammable of flamewar topics. That made it flamebait, and it was completely off topic to boot. I'm sure you didn't intend to start a flamewar, but that's only a necessary condition, not a sufficient condition, for not starting one. Please don't post like that to HN. [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=troll%20effects%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... [2] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22expected%20value%22%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...