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• grecy 2y ago
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  • dang 2y ago
    Please don't cross into flamewar like this and please don't get into tit-for-tat spats. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. When people start arguing over who said what, who did what to the discussion, and get increasingly personal about it, it was time to stop quite a while ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
• dang 2y ago
  Please don't cross into flamewar like this and please don't get into tit-for-tat spats. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. When people start arguing over who said what, who did what to the discussion, and get increasingly personal about it, it was time to stop quite a while ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  • grayhatter 2y ago
    I feel this is an unfair characterization. Which part of my response crossed into flamewar territory? Or is this preemptive because the discussion is trending in that direction?
    • dang 2y ago
      "It seems like you stopped reading", for starters.
      • grayhatter 2y ago
        bah! :( I don't understand how I'm supposed to call attention to the parts of my previous comments that were important to being understood, but disregarded in the reply if that is what was wholly inappropriate. Other than to not reply at all when previous comments are misunderstood or ignored.
        • tptacek 2y ago
          Not replying is usually the strongest rhetorical move, for what it's worth. Long threads implicitly elevate the other side of the argument. If you're trying to dispositively conclude a debate, make your case once, dispassionately, and then don't restate anything you've already said.