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Talking about annoying ... I open a HN discussion about an article, and the first comment talks about popups, colours, fonts, cookies, ... and it triggers a lo

• explaininjs 3y ago
  Flag and move on: > Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes. > Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something. > Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead. > Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting. If we're consistent enough about this, eventually the community will get the message.
  • herpdyderp 3y ago
    TIL that one can flag comments. I always wondered why there wasn't a flag link on comments. > Click on its timestamp to go to its page, then click the 'flag' link at the top. The extra click is probably why it isn't used much. I thought I simply didn't have enough karma.