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Duplicate submission. See: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=219081 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=219081 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=133453 ht

• iamelgringo 18y ago
  Um... Did you look at who made this submission? :)
  • paulgb 18y ago
    Oddly enough, a thread like this was front-paged just a few days ago, but was killed by the editors.
    • cperciva 18y ago
      I didn't see the earlier thread, but perhaps the difference is in how things were worded? I quite often see pairs of comments posted at the same time and making exactly the same points, yet where one post gets voted up and the other doesn't, simply because one comment is better written than the other. I imagine that this is even more important than usual in this case, since when the message is "please be good" there's really nothing except how well the message is worded.
  • whacked_new 18y ago
    It wouldn't matter. I think some dupes are required. When you say "take care" to somebody it's not like you think they won't take care of themselves. But if you stop saying it altogether, I bet it will harm the basis of civility. I vaguely recall an experiment done on a classroom where everybody was required to say hi every morning. Soon after the entire class had a great spirit. I don't recall when, where, or who; if somebody does, please say.
  • mlinsey 18y ago
    I think this may have been meant as an "ironic" joke. Then again, that kind of humor is also one of the common things on other sites that I'm thankful to not see rewarded here.
    • michaelneale 18y ago
      I think that is pretty funny - in fact when I read digg (usually on the phone, sitting on the toilet) for a laugh I always check the comments first, but I NEVER participate (its pure theatre). Has its place, as does HN I think. Is HN the only civil place online ? ;)
  • Raphael 18y ago
    "pg"? Am I missing something?
    • ionfish 18y ago
      pg == Paul Graham http://ycombinator.com/people.html http://ycombinator.com/people.html
    • codedivine 18y ago
      the guy running the site.
  • tptacek 18y ago
    Why should it matter who made the submission?