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appreciate calling out middle brow dismissals which is a uniquely hn problem and probably too subjective to write a policy against
by gfody 5y ago
appreciate calling out middle brow dismissals which is a uniquely hn problem and probably too subjective to write a policy against
- dang 5y agoThat is hardly a "uniquely hn problem", that is a human nature problem! And there is a good guideline against it: "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html) That's a direct reference to pg's original concept of middlebrow dismissal. We just changed the word from 'middlebrow' to 'shallow' because the word 'middlebrow' often comes across as a putdown and also often comes across as labeling a person rather than a post. Commenters who've actually read an article are always welcome to respond with accurate, interesting information from the article. That's a fine contribution. What's not fine is the "did you even read the article" internet trope.
- Gabriel_Martin 5y ago