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Look, I am not “flamebaiting” or whatever. It’s just that I never hesitate to voice my opinions even if they may seem very assertive. For me the point of soci
by juleiie 5mo ago
Look, I am not “flamebaiting” or whatever.
It’s just that I never hesitate to voice my opinions even if they may seem very assertive.
For me the point of social media is to be 100% myself and always say what rings true to me. I won’t modify my opinions just because they go against the consensus.
It’s an art as much as it is communication and every single word is necessary to properly express my inner self in a self contained one comment exhibition. The only rule is to really be 100% aligned to your core, pure, being when crafting these small literary wonders that best translate the expression of the soul.
Pure individualism.
We do not often have a chance to be this honest in real life for various reasons. I value this honesty, look for it on the Internet and thus I also try to be 100% honest in return according to the rule “be what you want to see in the world”.
- dang 5mo agoI believe you that you're not intending to post flamebait, but the way that you're addressing others (e.g. "You Linux freaks", and similar swipes you've been posting elsewhere) is guaranteed to have such effects on the threads, and we have to moderate by effects, not intent. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=troll%20effects%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
- juleiie 5mo agoI guess it’s pointless to try to introduce some liveliness to this boring corporate site. Fine, I will not bother you anymore.
- dang 5mo agoI understand the feeling - it's true that HN's rules introduce a certain blandness into conversation, at least along some axes. I've been writing about this for years: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20blandness&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que.... The reason for this isn't corporateness, though. It's internet group dynamics. You can't have a large open forum like HN without truncating the extremes of language, because if you try to allow the sharp and witty kind of extremes, you end up getting drowned in the blunt and crude kind. The damage done by mean (in both senses!) harshness greatly outweighs anything good under the long tail.