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As we have seen time and time again, internal consistency is for the plebeians

by niggler 13y ago

koenigdavidmj 13y ago
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
- youngerdryas 13y ago
  Everything in moderation, including moderation.
dfc 13y ago
This is my favorite of Colin's: "Isn't HN amazing? Here is the same article submitted on no less than four previous occasions: * http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4185226 * http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4170972 * http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4355548 * http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4167834 Total upvotes: 29. Total discussion: 0. No wonder people try to game the system and find optimal times to submit things. No wonder people think HN is broken."*[1] What he failed to mention is that his submission was the fourth and most recent duplicate (oldest to newest): 4167834: zmanji 4170972: VeXocide 4185226: moobirubi 4355548: ColinWright And obviously he had a justification for his duplicated submission.... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4638756 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4638756
- niggler 13y ago
  Someone clearly cares deeply about HN karma. Not sure why he cares so much.
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  - ColinWright 13y ago
    It's not karma, it's the functioning (and occasional lack thereof) of the "community." Since I run more than one early-stage groups, I'm continuing to learn all I can about what works, what doesn't, what seems broken, and what can be done to make them better. Don't assume you understand my motivations.
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- ColinWright 13y ago
  Yes, I did have a justification: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4639994 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4639994 But it now seems clear that this has a personal component: I do have a problem with Colin's crusade against duplicates. -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4638986 Should I stop just because you and a few others say so? many others have repeatedly expressed support. But now that I have a context for your criticisms I know how much weight to give them.
  - dfc 13y ago
    Your justification was another, when the rules apply to me there is a built in special case exception. There is nothing personal about it, I have no idea who you are, I am sure that you are a decent human being. I have a problem with hypocrisy. In the case of the duplicates you said "no wonder people think HN is broken" because someone submitted a duplicate story...and you did not mention that the fourth submission was yours. It seemed to me that your behavior was just as worthy of a "no wonder people think HN is broken" as the person who submitted the story for the fifth time.
    - niggler 13y ago
      "I have a problem with hypocrisy." I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one :)

As we have seen time and time again, internal consistency is for the plebeians

by niggler 13y ago

As we have seen time and time again, internal consistency is for the plebeians

koenigdavidmj 13y ago

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

youngerdryas 13y ago
Everything in moderation, including moderation.

dfc 13y ago

This is my favorite of Colin's: "Isn't HN amazing? Here is the same article submitted on no less than four previous occasions: * http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4185226 * http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4170972 * http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4355548 * http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4167834 Total upvotes: 29. Total discussion: 0. No wonder people try to game the system and find optimal times to submit things. No wonder people think HN is broken."*[1] What he failed to mention is that his submission was the fourth and most recent duplicate (oldest to newest): 4167834: zmanji 4170972: VeXocide 4185226: moobirubi 4355548: ColinWright And obviously he had a justification for his duplicated submission.... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4638756 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4638756

niggler 13y ago
Someone clearly cares deeply about HN karma. Not sure why he cares so much.
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- ColinWright 13y ago
  It's not karma, it's the functioning (and occasional lack thereof) of the "community." Since I run more than one early-stage groups, I'm continuing to learn all I can about what works, what doesn't, what seems broken, and what can be done to make them better. Don't assume you understand my motivations.
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ColinWright 13y ago
Yes, I did have a justification: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4639994 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4639994 But it now seems clear that this has a personal component: I do have a problem with Colin's crusade against duplicates. -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4638986 Should I stop just because you and a few others say so? many others have repeatedly expressed support. But now that I have a context for your criticisms I know how much weight to give them.
- dfc 13y ago
  Your justification was another, when the rules apply to me there is a built in special case exception. There is nothing personal about it, I have no idea who you are, I am sure that you are a decent human being. I have a problem with hypocrisy. In the case of the duplicates you said "no wonder people think HN is broken" because someone submitted a duplicate story...and you did not mention that the fourth submission was yours. It seemed to me that your behavior was just as worthy of a "no wonder people think HN is broken" as the person who submitted the story for the fifth time.
  - niggler 13y ago
    "I have a problem with hypocrisy." I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one :)