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> Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interest
by Wowfunhappy 4y ago
> Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- daguava 4y agoThis transcends tangential - it's so annoying it's unusable.
- pvg 4y agoThe guideline is there specifically because these things are super annoying. So annoying that talking about them can eat up the whole thread, as this thing is threatening to do.
- kllrnohj 4y agoThe guideline seems to be about the common annoyances. That massive yellow thing is definitely not common, and personally had me immediately "nope" off the page.
- pvg 4y agoNo the guideline is about not filling threads with one's irritation, however righteous. If it was too annoying to read, that's regrettable but largely interesting to the person who didn't read it. If a wasp is pestering you the entire time you read a piece you probably don't feel the urge to comment about it on HN right? Same thing.
- daguava 4y agoI'm sure the New Yorker wouldn't tolerate this level of irritation. Or were you not shown there? Maybe they can't use you.
- pvg 4y agoSweeney shifts from ham to ham Stirring the water in his bath. The masters of the subtle schools Are controversial, polymath.
- kllrnohj 4y agoIf the HN link directly resulted in wasps showing up heck yes I'd be commenting about it
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- kbelder 4y agoThe cursor issue was the single biggest takeaway from the article, positive or negative. The headline should have been about it.
- roflyear 4y agoIs there a rule about backseat moderating?