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But has he ever asked that in a case where it wasn't a heated argument? I got asked to stop because a guy was swearing and I was calling him pathetic, but that
by unalone 18y ago
But has he ever asked that in a case where it wasn't a heated argument? I got asked to stop because a guy was swearing and I was calling him pathetic, but that was because we were generating a flamefest. Do people get told off just for talking at length?
- xenophanes 18y ago"Would you please stop filling up comment threads with this kind of thing?" -- pg http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=138275 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=138275 What he was replying to is deleted. But it doesn't matter what it was. pg objected to "filling up comment threads". I didn't know they could get full...
- unalone 18y agoIt looks to me like DarrenStuart was being overtly melodramatic and got asked to stop. "Filling up" refers to visual space as well; people looking for conversation would get diverted by nonsense like that. You're not making the best case: I'd rather PG try and stop stuff like that and encourage more rational discourse.
- xenophanes 18y agoIf you think he should do it, fine, but he still did it... You can't maintain he's fully supportive of long threads, and also wants to avoid noise and clutter.