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The post you are replying to got downvoted because "lol. No" is not a constructive response to a well-meaning suggestion. From the Hacker News guidelines [1],
by jffry 5y ago
The post you are replying to got downvoted because "lol. No" is not a constructive response to a well-meaning suggestion.
From the Hacker News guidelines [1], "In Comments" section:
Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.
Likewise, re: your comment, some other guidelines also apply:
Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.
Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.
A kinder way to say what you said would be to remove this part entirely: "The OPs suggestion is so silly, primarily because they don't understand that...". You're phrasing it in a way that suggests that OP has been exposed to your knowledge already and simply came to the wrong conclusion, instead of assuming that perhaps OP simply doesn't have a lot of experience playing tennis with balls in different condition.
An example for you to try instead would be something like: "Many players prefer not to use old balls because each one behaves differently and makes the game less fun. Even balls from the same pack deflate at different rates" etc etc
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- osrec 5y agoI appreciate your response, however, to a serious tennis player, the OPs comment is so naive, to the point that you wonder if they're being sarcastic. They probably lack the experience of playing tennis at a reasonable level, and have come to their conclusion in a very uninformed way. Almost suggesting all other tennis players are daft to not reuse balls! Why the heck would people spend money on a new set of balls before each match if it didn't materially impact the quality of the game?! Also, your post attempting to educate me is rather passive aggressive. In some ways, that's meanest kind of mean on HN :(
- jffry 5y agoYou continue to demean and put down the OP, in violation of this site's commenting guidelines. Telling you that your post is uncivil and pointing out specific problems and how to improve them is far from passive-aggression.