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Please refrain from making comments like this on HN, they are not welcome and the site owner does not want this kind of discussion on the site [1][2] [1] http:

Please refrain from making comments like this on HN, they are not welcome and the site owner does not want this kind of discussion on the site [1][2] [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3105036 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3105036 [2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3104144 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3104144

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dlss 15y ago
I'm confused. Are you saying that the person you are replying to is only interested in aligning consumer action with consumer beliefs because of a shallow interest? He is explicitly saying he thinks a roughly shallow idea could be taken further... Or are you saying we should avoid topics that could broadly be considered political? If this is the case I don't understand why you didn't reply to OP instead of this comment (and how that meshes with pg taking a stand on SOPA in general). Or that you think the suggested application isn't of the caliber that ideas would have been in the old days pg refers to? I have only used hn for a year or so, but have read some of the archives and this doesn't feel correct. It's an interesting idea -- perhaps a browser extension that modifies sites like amazon.com? Please explain what you meant; I am very curious. Thanks.
eCa 15y ago
What I think pg is refering to is making shallow political comments. (The comment you linked to is in reply to a post containing the f-word twice.) The OP is suggesting features for an app, it's a totally different thing.
dhx 15y ago
The comment seemed apolitical to me -- it was a statement on the future of purchasing where consumers have access to a great deal more information. Instead of only considering the price of a product, consumers of the future could be making their decision based on factors such as the environment, political stance of companies, reviews of return policies and so forth.

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dlss 15y ago

I'm confused. Are you saying that the person you are replying to is only interested in aligning consumer action with consumer beliefs because of a shallow interest? He is explicitly saying he thinks a roughly shallow idea could be taken further... Or are you saying we should avoid topics that could broadly be considered political? If this is the case I don't understand why you didn't reply to OP instead of this comment (and how that meshes with pg taking a stand on SOPA in general). Or that you think the suggested application isn't of the caliber that ideas would have been in the old days pg refers to? I have only used hn for a year or so, but have read some of the archives and this doesn't feel correct. It's an interesting idea -- perhaps a browser extension that modifies sites like amazon.com? Please explain what you meant; I am very curious. Thanks.

eCa 15y ago

What I think pg is refering to is making shallow political comments. (The comment you linked to is in reply to a post containing the f-word twice.) The OP is suggesting features for an app, it's a totally different thing.

dhx 15y ago

The comment seemed apolitical to me -- it was a statement on the future of purchasing where consumers have access to a great deal more information. Instead of only considering the price of a product, consumers of the future could be making their decision based on factors such as the environment, political stance of companies, reviews of return policies and so forth.