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Sebastian, you write lots of interesting articles and make a lot of great contributions to HN, but the post you wrote about Patrick was self-serving and in incr

• lotharbot 15y ago
  > "you're writing 3,000 word missives slamming one of its detractors?" There are a lot of people who have trouble with the post in question (including Patrick). Sebastian doesn't seem to go out of his way to write about "detractors" (he's explained why he hasn't deleted the post, so that's ground I won't cover.) But 0x12 was no mere "detractor"; he put a fair bit of effort into stirring the pot, and it clearly got to Sebastian. I think he was pretty honest about it in this post: "it’s probably some mix of not being centered enough, taking things personally, being a little vain and self-important, and all sorts of other neurotic undesirable personality traits." So the question is, is that healthy? Or, perhaps a better question is, how do you redirect that energy in a healthy way? Sebastian took the time and energy to "unmask" Jacques and bash-while-not-bashing him; could he have instead used the frustration of "arguing on the internet" to fuel something more productive? It's an interesting question. His answer is weak, but the question is good.