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OK, so this is an honest question - if I didn't know you're a mod, I would argue with you instead. Should I just flag these kinds of posts then, or just comple
by massysett 5y ago
OK, so this is an honest question - if I didn't know you're a mod, I would argue with you instead. Should I just flag these kinds of posts then, or just completely ignore them? Because honestly, articles like this are just junk. The headline of the article and its entire orientation is around a ridiculous premise. It's not like this was a single provocative thing in the article with the rest of it being filled with interesting nuggets. It's a junk article entirely based around the ridiculous premise that this author's pet preferences are why "everyone" or even why a lot of people are moving to Texas.
- dang 5y agoCorrect—if there's nothing that gratifies intellectual curiosity in an article, then it's off topic for HN and should be flagged. On the other hand, if there's a mixture, then you/all of us should focus on what does gratify curiosity and leave the nasty bits and flamey bits where you find them. That takes some restraint, of course, which none of us is used to on the internet, but it's the way to have the forum we all actually want HN to be. Nobody wants scorched earth—that's the ultimate boring endstate. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20scorched%20earth&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... More here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29363505 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29363505