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Do you think you could reframe that comment without the needless personal attacks on the writers and readers of the article in question? It truly is disappoint
by llambda 14y ago
Do you think you could reframe that comment without the needless personal attacks on the writers and readers of the article in question?
It truly is disappointing to read comments like this. The content [of your comment] isn't abjectly worthless, it's just wrapped in unnecessary hatefulness that honestly does nothing to further a high quality of discussion. Can't we do better here?
- benologist 14y agoThis content is not just worthless it's the literary equivalent of Justin Bieber. It's manufactured fluff written for the lowest common denominator, and that's become us. I certainly agree we could do better here but I'm not sure letting this calibre of "journalism" and the people who lap it up slide is the solution. This content doesn't even fuel discussion. We see it almost every day under a different headline, all it does is trigger some genius to tell us how copying isn't stealing, copyright should be abolished and bla bla bla. It's digg content, and it's written to be agreed with not discussed.
- llambda 14y ago> I'm not sure letting this calibre of "journalism" and the people who lap it up slide is the solution. So flag it and move on: if you must comment, you can do so sans ad hominem and still communicate your point. I don't understand why a complaint about quality should itself be a paragon of lowered quality?
- pyre 14y agoWhen you're at the bottom, even a gain of a millimeter seems to largely improve your standing because all of sudden you're 'better than the other guy.' From a big picture view, that millimeter doesn't matter so much.