> 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 insinuatio

> 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.