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This isn't a thin skin problem. Mean comments are a waste of space; they take up the space on the page where actually valuable content should be. I've always
by jtheory 14y ago
This isn't a thin skin problem.
Mean comments are a waste of space; they take up the space on the page where actually valuable content should be.
I've always hated the "grow a thicker skin" comment, regardless -- it shifts the blame onto the victim, and is simply impossible for some people and some situations -- but the problem here is that one person gets hurt (more or less, depending on thickness of skin), and lots & lots of readers get crap instead of brain food.
- jstrate 14y agohttps://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/23/75 https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/23/75 I reckon this is 'mean and a waste of space' then?
- jtheory 14y agoThat's debatable, to be sure, but do you have a similar example from an HN discussion? I don't think I've ever seen a mean post in the context of an HN discussion that wouldn't have been improved by removing the meanness, or simply deleting it.