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Of course not. On HN, joking is a very serious matter.
by useragent86 5y ago
Of course not. On HN, joking is a very serious matter.
- dang 5y agoPutting down other countries' "style of $X" just leads to nasty things.
- useragent86 5y agoI'm an American, and he's mostly right, and I'm not offended, because it wasn't nasty and wasn't about me--it was just a harmless, general observation. What is this world coming to if we can't even discuss regional styles of humor? Dan, may I suggest that you are taking this job too seriously. You are going to look back in the future and wonder why you spent so much time controlling others' speech on a Web site. You're so concerned about HN's value as a vessel, but so unconcerned with the value of what's inside it. You're a talented Lisper who seems to waste most of his time moderating, playing whack-a-troll and arguing with people about arguing (like me, here). You have more potential than you are fulfilling here, and you could be doing much more important things.