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Who is "we"? Do you represent the site? It seems most of the readers of my comment took it as it was intended. Thought provoking, not flamewar inducing. Would
by Roark66 3y ago
Who is "we"? Do you represent the site? It seems most of the readers of my comment took it as it was intended. Thought provoking, not flamewar inducing.
Would I say the same thing on YouTube or reddit? Of course not. That would end in a flamewar in milliseconds, but this is HN. I expect (and I wasn't disappointed) than HN readers can discuss divisive topics without any flames.
- dang 3y agoThat's like saying it's ok to start a fire because the firefighters do such a good job around here. HN is constantly at risk of going up in flames—it's a large, open internet forum! If that doesn't happen, it's because the mods and most of the community are working hard to prevent it. We need you to help with that, not take advantage of it—and in any case the rules are supposed to apply to everybody (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html). You can't judge these things by whether a particular case turned into a flamewar. Not every fire burns the house down. It's a question of effects in the long run, and your post was way on the wrong side of that line; which is why the guidelines ask you not to post like that. Fortunately it doesn't look like you've been making a habit of it, so this should be easy to fix.