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> Why do you think that commenting on these articles, especially with strongly negative content free sentences, is the right thing to do? I posted what I did t
by huhtenberg 14y ago
> Why do you think that commenting on these articles, especially with strongly negative content free sentences, is the right thing to do?
I posted what I did to dissuade the OP from submitting similar junk to HN in the future. Flagging and ignoring doesn't have quite the same effect as it aims at the effect, not the cause.
- chris_wot 14y agoExcept that at the time, all the articles on HN news about Steve Jobs were intensely interesting to a large number of HN participants. Trying to flag them all was pointless, and as Wikipedia contributors would call it, POINTY (disruptive to try to make a point). Clearly the moderators frowned on this sort of behaviour, so you lost your ability to flag articles. Like I say, don't do that.
- huhtenberg 14y agoYes, sir.
- chris_wot 14y agoCorrection, not don't do that: you can't do that any more. Is that helpful?