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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 interestin
by amitav1 11mo ago
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.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- loeg 11mo agoIn this case, I think GP is suggesting this rises above the level of a tangential annoyance.
- MonkeyClub 11mo agoAlso HN doesn't need 11 month old volunteer mods.
- ksenzee 11mo agoa) ok whippersnapper, b) new community members have the most energy. I’m not actually sure there’s much need for volunteer mods on HN tbh, but the best volunteers are often the newest folks around.
- MonkeyClub 11mo agoWell wagging the same finger twice in the same comment section on the same point is overenergetic in my book. At least the second time it should have become obvious that the comments were voicing a common response of visitors to the site, so were constructive rather than nitpicking.
- metabagel 11mo agoIt’s tangential, because it’s not about the information posted.