> "I would've not hesitate to say the exact same thing in person, which is _the_ criteria for wording HN comments" That is the second criteria. Immediately pr

> "I would've not hesitate to say the exact same thing in person, which is _the_ criteria for wording HN comments" That is the second criteria. Immediately preceding it is "Be civil." Shortly after is an example: "That is an idiotic thing to say; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3." http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html