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My comment was on topic and directly addressed the argument without any personal attacks. What is the issue here?

dang 3y ago
The key word is "repeatedly" - the issue isn't just one comment, it's that your account has a pattern of commenting in the flamewar style, which I suppose could be described as the popular internet commenting style that combines snark, swipes, name-calling, and tropes with indignant, grandiose rhetoric. Your account has been posting a ton of these - here are a few examples I just randomly picked out: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36440168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36440168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36412586 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36412586 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36412073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36412073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36410915 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36410915 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36410488 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36410488 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36407223 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36407223 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36398021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36398021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36373896 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36373896 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36363685 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36363685 What we want on HN is thoughtful, substantive, and above all curious conversation. That and the flamewar style are basically disjoint—and what's worse, the one destroys the other, which means we have no choice but to moderate and/or ban accounts that persist in posting that way. I don't want to ban you, so if you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and recalibrate, we'd appreciate it.
- alphanullmeric 3y ago
  So again, in each of the examples you listed I was on topic and directly addressed the argument being made. And on the contrary, many of the comments replying to me in the examples you listed have done everything you accused me of. Do you have a specific example you want to discuss?
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dang 3y ago

The key word is "repeatedly" - the issue isn't just one comment, it's that your account has a pattern of commenting in the flamewar style, which I suppose could be described as the popular internet commenting style that combines snark, swipes, name-calling, and tropes with indignant, grandiose rhetoric. Your account has been posting a ton of these - here are a few examples I just randomly picked out: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36440168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36440168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36412586 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36412586 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36412073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36412073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36410915 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36410915 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36410488 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36410488 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36407223 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36407223 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36398021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36398021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36373896 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36373896 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36363685 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36363685 What we want on HN is thoughtful, substantive, and above all curious conversation. That and the flamewar style are basically disjoint—and what's worse, the one destroys the other, which means we have no choice but to moderate and/or ban accounts that persist in posting that way. I don't want to ban you, so if you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and recalibrate, we'd appreciate it.

alphanullmeric 3y ago
So again, in each of the examples you listed I was on topic and directly addressed the argument being made. And on the contrary, many of the comments replying to me in the examples you listed have done everything you accused me of. Do you have a specific example you want to discuss?
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