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The parent's comment certainly wasn't really insulting. Like is the HN community so fragile that it needs to downvote that mild criticism rather than engage wit
by ahahahahah 3y ago
The parent's comment certainly wasn't really insulting. Like is the HN community so fragile that it needs to downvote that mild criticism rather than engage with it?
- maxbond 3y ago> Unfortunately taking away internet points from the terminally online is akin to making an addict go cold turkey. It wouldn't end well. I found the insinuation that the HN community are overly-online and addicted to upvotes to be pretty insulting yeah. Could HN survive a comment like this? Certainly. Could HN survive if comments like this were left unchecked? Something would probably survive, but it wouldn't be the HN I'm willing to be a part of. I've been in my share of communities like that, and I'm done with them. HN certainly isn't perfect and criticism is warranted. Sometimes I email dang to complain about eg comments not being deletable. But I don't think this criticism is on the mark; they're making a bunch of provocative and insulting comments and also stating that they don't see thoughtful conversation here, and my personal opinion is that these things are related.