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Sure. I never do flamebait and rarely do snark tho (usually only after several increasingly futile exchanges). Flippant comments (like the autotune one) and/o
by coldtea 4mo ago
Sure.
I never do flamebait and rarely do snark tho (usually only after several increasingly futile exchanges).
Flippant comments (like the autotune one) and/or sincerely held even if unpopular opinions, I'll stoop to, yes.
- dang 4mo agoThanks! Yes, translated into your terms it sounds like the flippant ones I was referring to. Unpopular opinions are fine in principle - we definitely want to hear minority views on HN. But it's super common for people to pre-emptively load their unpopular-opinion comments with sarcastic or aggressive language, no doubt as a defensive against the anticipated negative reacction from the majority (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20minority%20view&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...). That never works well. But I'm just speaking generally - I don't know if it applies to your posts.