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>Am I supposed to be mad at him? Families of the victims should be mad , yes. He preyed on their need for solace and made money out of it :-( I took away a le

>Am I supposed to be mad at him? Families of the victims should be mad , yes. He preyed on their need for solace and made money out of it :-( I took away a lesson (which is closer to the ethos of HN) If something has gathered momentum (someone doing something unbelievable or something that other people are harping about), dig a bit deeper. Either you'll discover something nice or you can debunk the hype. Either way, you would have learned something.

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hungryforcodes 4y ago
> which is closer to the ethos of HN HN has an ethos? I thought there were just a set of guidelines.
- whatshisface 4y ago
  The HN ethos has one rule: Each level of comments shall disagree with the level before it, with the article counting as level 0. First-tier comments shall disagree with the article. Second-tier comments shall disagree with first-tier comments and agree with the article if necessary (but only when necessary). Third-tier comments shall disagree with second-tier comments and may or may not be related to the article, and so on.
  - fsckboy 4y ago
    that's very good, but there are some exceptions. If the article is about any health related topics, terminal illnesses, diet studies, etc., no matter how interesting, all comments shall be tangentially related personal anecdotes.
    - Uhhrrr 4y ago
      And any article along the lines of "I had a terrible work experience" is viewed as an open invitation to participate in Story Time.
      - orzig 4y ago
        Which I actually love - best part of HN is the pub talk
        Uhhrrr 4y ago
        I click them more often than not. My favorite part of HN is that the comments are usually collectively better than the article.
  - reuben364 4y ago
    Now this comment can neither agree nor disagree. Barber shaving their own head and such. EDIT: now I realize not really since the above being false doesn't force me to agree.
    - wombatpm 4y ago
      All articles are true in some sense, false in some some sense, and meaningless in some sense. All comments are true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, true in some sense, false in some some sense, and meaningless in some sense. It’s turtles all the way down.
  - aidenn0 4y ago
    I agree with you
    - bryanrasmussen 4y ago
      and by doing so you disagree, thus proving their point.
  - vmurthy 4y ago
    Soo .. did I disagree with the OP of this thread? ;-)
  - iso1210 4y ago
    My comment disagrees with itself
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  - formerkrogeremp 4y ago
    Of course, this is not the ethos, and whatshisface is completely wrong on account of also of having a forgettable name. I'll often see someone chime in to agree as well as to disagree, to clarify. It's all just a bit.
  - dorfsmay 4y ago
    I thought the rule was to inject a personal connection to everything. As a frequent reader of HN, this has been my experience.
  - DyslexicAtheist 4y ago
    > The HN ethos has one rule: Each level of comments shall disagree with the level before it, with the article counting as level 0. this doesn't sound right.

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hungryforcodes 4y ago

> which is closer to the ethos of HN HN has an ethos? I thought there were just a set of guidelines.

whatshisface 4y ago
The HN ethos has one rule: Each level of comments shall disagree with the level before it, with the article counting as level 0. First-tier comments shall disagree with the article. Second-tier comments shall disagree with first-tier comments and agree with the article if necessary (but only when necessary). Third-tier comments shall disagree with second-tier comments and may or may not be related to the article, and so on.
- fsckboy 4y ago
  that's very good, but there are some exceptions. If the article is about any health related topics, terminal illnesses, diet studies, etc., no matter how interesting, all comments shall be tangentially related personal anecdotes.
  - Uhhrrr 4y ago
    And any article along the lines of "I had a terrible work experience" is viewed as an open invitation to participate in Story Time.
    - orzig 4y ago
      Which I actually love - best part of HN is the pub talk
      - Uhhrrr 4y ago
        I click them more often than not. My favorite part of HN is that the comments are usually collectively better than the article.
- reuben364 4y ago
  Now this comment can neither agree nor disagree. Barber shaving their own head and such. EDIT: now I realize not really since the above being false doesn't force me to agree.
  - wombatpm 4y ago
    All articles are true in some sense, false in some some sense, and meaningless in some sense. All comments are true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, true in some sense, false in some some sense, and meaningless in some sense. It’s turtles all the way down.
- aidenn0 4y ago
  I agree with you
  - bryanrasmussen 4y ago
    and by doing so you disagree, thus proving their point.
- vmurthy 4y ago
  Soo .. did I disagree with the OP of this thread? ;-)
- iso1210 4y ago
  My comment disagrees with itself
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- formerkrogeremp 4y ago
  Of course, this is not the ethos, and whatshisface is completely wrong on account of also of having a forgettable name. I'll often see someone chime in to agree as well as to disagree, to clarify. It's all just a bit.
- dorfsmay 4y ago
  I thought the rule was to inject a personal connection to everything. As a frequent reader of HN, this has been my experience.
- DyslexicAtheist 4y ago
  > The HN ethos has one rule: Each level of comments shall disagree with the level before it, with the article counting as level 0. this doesn't sound right.