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Please look inward before levying criticism against others. From https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.h
by DaSHacka 1y ago
Please look inward before levying criticism against others.
From https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html:
> In Comments
> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.
> When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."
> Don't be curmudgeonly. Thoughtful criticism is fine, but please don't be rigidly or generically negative.
> Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.
> 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.
And, for your first reply to this thread's OP:
> 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.