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Picked that date 100% at random, literally the only one I even clicked. What is your point exactly? I think you would have trouble saying more words without s

Picked that date 100% at random, literally the only one I even clicked. What is your point exactly? I think you would have trouble saying more words without saying anything falsifiable. I am not just being a jerk, I have no idea what your point is other than to try to put up a wall of text. If I was going to sum it up, "HN was always bad so it's still just as good as it was". This kind of defense works for 4chan because it openly brags about being bad, but I don't think this is what HN aspired to.

dang 2y ago
My point was that HN hasn't changed in the way you said it has. On another note: your comments frequently do come across as being a jerk, and quite an unpleasant one. I don't usually address that so directly, and especially not after a personal interaction, but I think in this case it might be helpful (at least I hope so). This has been a problem on HN for a long time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39610617 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39610617 (March 2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20067503 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20067503 (June 2019) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19237577 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19237577 (Feb 2019) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13003328 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13003328 (Nov 2016) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10933740 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10933740 (Jan 2016) -- and I'm afraid it's still a problem (quite apart from this thread). I assume you don't mean to come across this way, because you frequently say things like "I am not just being a jerk", "I don't want to sound too critical" and so on, but that's not enough when you go on to say aggressive, insulting, and/or snarky things to the other person. I'm not sure what to add beyond the same "would you please review the site guidelines and use HN in the intended spirit" that we've already been asking you for years. If you do intend to be a good contributor, I think the only way to do it is to double-check what you're posting and meticulously edit out the swipes. My guess is that your posts are coming across as nastier than you believe they are, so it's necessary to adjust in the opposite direction, and not by a small amount. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

dang 2y ago

My point was that HN hasn't changed in the way you said it has. On another note: your comments frequently do come across as being a jerk, and quite an unpleasant one. I don't usually address that so directly, and especially not after a personal interaction, but I think in this case it might be helpful (at least I hope so). This has been a problem on HN for a long time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39610617 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39610617 (March 2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20067503 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20067503 (June 2019) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19237577 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19237577 (Feb 2019) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13003328 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13003328 (Nov 2016) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10933740 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10933740 (Jan 2016) -- and I'm afraid it's still a problem (quite apart from this thread). I assume you don't mean to come across this way, because you frequently say things like "I am not just being a jerk", "I don't want to sound too critical" and so on, but that's not enough when you go on to say aggressive, insulting, and/or snarky things to the other person. I'm not sure what to add beyond the same "would you please review the site guidelines and use HN in the intended spirit" that we've already been asking you for years. If you do intend to be a good contributor, I think the only way to do it is to double-check what you're posting and meticulously edit out the swipes. My guess is that your posts are coming across as nastier than you believe they are, so it's necessary to adjust in the opposite direction, and not by a small amount. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html