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Why would someone who doesn't give a shit say something like "I’d rather suck a dog’s nose dry than lend a hand to the nerd slapfights on Hacker News."[1] Tha
by j_baker 15y ago
Why would someone who doesn't give a shit say something like
"I’d rather suck a dog’s nose dry than lend a hand to the nerd slapfights on Hacker News."[1]
That sounds like the attitude of someone who very much does give a shit about HN enough to not like it.
And besides that, while I may agree with what you're saying in principle, in practice it's bad business to go around insulting such a large number of potential clients/employees/partners. It's better to keep your mouth shut if you don't have anything nice to say.
[1] http://codahale.com/the-rest-of-the-story/ http://codahale.com/the-rest-of-the-story/
- tptacek 15y agoKeep telling yourself that. Most of the time these days when people talk about HN like that, it's because they've become accustomed to pointing at it and laughing amongst their friends. Meanwhile, the rest of your comment: due respect (really), but who cares? He doesn't. What are you trying to prove? Who are you trying to convince? Let's definitely keep burning thread space on this dumb metadrama, now that we've started.
- j_baker 15y agoI don't plan on losing any sleep about Coda's position about HN. I've got better things to do with my time. But at the same time, I don't blame people on HN for being a bit angry and venting on the subject. That's what people tend to do when they've been insulted. I was even a bit peeved (albeit for about 2 minutes). Does this serve any practical purpose? Absolutely not. But human beings will be human beings: dumb, dramatic, emotional apes who take offense when people insult them.
- nknight 15y ago> What are you trying to prove? What are you? Seems like every comment I see from you the last couple weeks is exceedingly angry rants, and half of them constitute the very metadrama you're calling "dumb". What's going on with you?
- tptacek 15y agoThis is a forum that can't even talk about putting Scala into production without personalizing it and turning it into drama. So, trying something new: not being cool about it. Maybe it won't work out over the long term and I'll relax a bit. I'll figure that out for myself, though.
- Confusion 15y agoWell, I don't get that people 'talk about HN like that' and I think it's worth understanding. A conclusion from that may be that you want try and explain the value of HN. It would be a win if someone like Coda Hale would sometimes participate in discussions here.
- tptacek 15y agoYeah, comments like the one rooting this thread sure seem like a great way to get people like Coda conversing on HN.
- CPlatypus 15y agoAs you yourself said, it ain't gonna happen anyway. Therefore, this thread isn't "spoiling" anything that would have happened otherwise. At least try to be consistent, instead of trying to silence everyone who doesn't share your opinion of an author you obviously idolize. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1998819 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1998819 http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=2083997 http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=2083997 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2688984 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2688984 (includes bonus downvote threat against any who disagree)