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Complaining about HN, really? HN is the most reasonable of all other communities (as in browser-based / web) i've ever been part of. Politeness still (?) seem

Complaining about HN, really? HN is the most reasonable of all other communities (as in browser-based / web) i've ever been part of. Politeness still (?) seems to be the majority and snarky comments are frowned upon and as a result, downvoted quickly.. So you've written an article and some people have disagreed with you and some have written a response that wasn't exactly constructive? Well, in all honesty, i haven't read neither your article nor the responses to it - but the few examples you quoted make you assume all of HN is made up of a-holes? :(

jamesbritt 14y ago
Politeness still (?) seems to be the majority and snarky comments are frowned upon and as a result, downvoted quickly.. There's also a certain bluntness that is appreciate by some for its directness and lack of pomp but (mis)interpreted by others as rudeness or hating. I've seen comments that begin with, "That's an absurd idea", followed by a clear explanation of why the idea is absurd, with replies from people complaining that no one should call an idea absurd because it was not nice. It's a big world.