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I’m sorry that it seems this comment was dinged. It was (in my opinion) a reasonable one, and not delivered in an attack fashion. I can only speak for myself,
by ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
I’m sorry that it seems this comment was dinged. It was (in my opinion) a reasonable one, and not delivered in an attack fashion.
I can only speak for myself, but I inject a great deal of “humanity” into my technical work.
I write software that Serves a pretty marginalized and sidelined demographic. Not many folks are willing to do the type of work that I do.
I certainly don’t do it for the kudos. I don’t think most of the folks here, would care, and some, might actually hate me for doing the work.
I do it, because I actually have a personal stake in the work, and because I care -deeply- about the people that use my software. Whenever I design an app, I keep in mind the folks that use it, and ensure that it delivers something that they need (not what I think they need; what they actually need). My work is informed by a mental model that I have, imagining the software being used by people, not by it projecting my brand, making money (it’s free), or salving personal insecurities.
I’m quite aware that this is not the norm, in the industry, but I have worked for companies that kept a laser focus on the end-user experience, which involves a great deal of “getting into their heads.”
- johnisgood 2y agoI did not consider your comment to be an attack in any way. My issue boils down to some completely wanting to change IT terminology because of "emotions" which happens because people do not consider the context in which it is embedded.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoI meant your comment. It seemed to be unpopular.
- andriesm 2y agoEverytime I see the content dissappear from being flagged and moderated away, I feel poorer and wonder what it was that I can no longer be allowed to read. How aggressively should messages be moderated on HN? After I had myself been unreasonably sensored in other discussions, this very active moderation is giving me serious concerns about HN. Robot spam should be moderated, or illegal things, but do we really need edgy comments hidden from view? I've seen a lot of magnanimous, wise and empathic responses on some otherwise cutting comments, a lot of goodwill here on HN. Do we really need the heavy hand of censors to protect us from offensive speech???
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoIf you want to see it, turn on I See Dead Posts. I keep mine off, because, for the most part, I don't mind not seeing the trolls. In this case, the chap made a point that many people (including myself) disagree with, but in a fashion that I think is right in line with the way we should deal with each other. I just think people downvote posts they disagree with, or because they have some animus with the poster (I have a couple of downvote stalkers, myself, and it's sometimes amusing to see which posts they hit).
- andriesm 2y agoThank you, I was blissfully unaware of show dead after all these years of being here.
- TheCleric 2y agoIt’s not censors. It’s fellow users collectively voting on what we want in our community and what we don’t. (Didn’t downvote or flag it as it was dead when I got here)
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- throw16180339 2y agoIf you want to see comments from trolls, bigots, and shadowbanned users turn the showdead option on. I have it turned on and maybe 1% of comments are worth vouching for.