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If the original author has a problem with it, they are free to come in and make the complaint themselves. It’s your opinion to have but not your argument to mak
by mynameisvlad 3y ago
If the original author has a problem with it, they are free to come in and make the complaint themselves. It’s your opinion to have but not your argument to make and while you may not appreciate it, even if the author isn’t the submitter (I still very much think they are), they clearly did considering the article title was changed to more closely match the submission, and they have a keyboard and can make the argument for themselves if they are irked by the changes.
All this discussion seems to be doing is derailing the comment threads. Almost half the comments here are not about the article itself but your opinions on the words used in the title.
This is also a funny way to not assume anything:
> (I assumed that “gus_leonel” wasn’t the author
> Well no, but I’d rather not assume anything
I don’t see the benefit of this discussion existing in the first place, let alone continuing it, so I’m going to stop here.
- arp242 3y ago> If the original author has a problem with it, they are free to come in and make the complaint themselves. Most won't know it's posted, or won't see until after it no longer matters. "Don't editorialize" is the simplest and surest way to respect the original author. "Don't editorialize titles unless the original title is very nondescript or clickbait-y" is not a controversial HN policy.
- mynameisvlad 3y ago[flagged]
- arp242 3y agoMy apologies. You were already on my blocklist of toxic HN users never worth engaging with, but it seems my extension wasn't side-loaded in Firefox after a reboot so I accidentally saw your replies. Won't happen again.
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- mynameisvlad 3y agoI guess this is what happens when you have nothing to actually rebut. Falling back on ad hominems and irrelevant information that, frankly, nobody would ever care to know. Sometimes, you don’t have to say what’s on your mind. I would have hoped the rest of this thread would have shown you that, but clearly that didn’t happen. Great use of all our time. At least you won’t see this comment to continue your insults of me. Something that, considering you seem to know the guidelines well, is frowned upon here.
- dang 3y agoWhoa, please don't get personal and please don't perpetuate tit-for-tat spats on HN. I know they can be hard to extricate oneself from, but they're very much against the intended spirit here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 3y agoWhoa, please don't get personal and please don't perpetuate tit-for-tat spats on HN. I know they can be hard to extricate oneself from, but they're very much against the intended spirit here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html