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So would you say all of that to my face? That was really harsh. I am a person, you know. I get happy and sad and have stupid ideas, just like everyone else. I

by palish 18y ago

So would you say all of that to my face? That was really harsh. I am a person, you know. I get happy and sad and have stupid ideas, just like everyone else. I was trying to be helpful. I honestly thought it would be. I'm sorry for wasting a few minutes of people's time; trying to provoke an interesting discussion; not meeting your high standards of "worthy" content, and apparently churning out crap. I'm not sure what else to say. But I don't identify with Hacker News anymore, I don't think.

garply 18y ago
I enjoyed the conversation. I'm a bit surprised that the community got so fired up about it. I haven't been around on the site for all that long, so I'm a bit curious to know if there are other topics that are so divisive to the group.
tvon 18y ago
Since you don't seem to understand what led up to it, I will explain. I only posted after the following transpired (from my perspective): 1- Your initial 'Ask HN' post in which you said: "Please try not to post a meta-comment about whether this should be killed -- just flag it. If it's detrimental, it'll be killed, and that will be the end of it." 2- But then you complained once it was flagged, here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581039 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581039 3- And you denied you were complaining about it later: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581122 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581122 4- Then rms called it censorship here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581046 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581046 5- And rms decided to post this story, and what I perceived as a passive-aggressive reference to your 'Ask HN' in the GP comment. Really, I should have left it alone as my feelings were summed up better by someone else here (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581091 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581091). But as implied by my list, the sequence of events was enough that I felt the need to rant about the issue. So to answer your question, I would have said something to your face had a group discussion equivalent of the above happened, though probably not those exact words and fwiw, I would have been directing it at rms more than you for he is the one that decided to make it a two-story issue. Also, I've only bee here a month (despite my join time, I didn't use the account until recently), just because you perceive something I say as dickish and unnecessary doesn't mean that the identify of HN has changed (whatever it was, I don't know). In other words, I am hardly representative of this community.
- palish 18y ago
  Alright. Emotions flared up on both sides of the issue, so it's probably best to just forget about the whole thing. Thanks for explaining your stance.

by palish 18y ago

garply 18y ago

I enjoyed the conversation. I'm a bit surprised that the community got so fired up about it. I haven't been around on the site for all that long, so I'm a bit curious to know if there are other topics that are so divisive to the group.

tvon 18y ago

Since you don't seem to understand what led up to it, I will explain. I only posted after the following transpired (from my perspective): 1- Your initial 'Ask HN' post in which you said: "Please try not to post a meta-comment about whether this should be killed -- just flag it. If it's detrimental, it'll be killed, and that will be the end of it." 2- But then you complained once it was flagged, here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581039 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581039 3- And you denied you were complaining about it later: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581122 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581122 4- Then rms called it censorship here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581046 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581046 5- And rms decided to post this story, and what I perceived as a passive-aggressive reference to your 'Ask HN' in the GP comment. Really, I should have left it alone as my feelings were summed up better by someone else here (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581091 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581091). But as implied by my list, the sequence of events was enough that I felt the need to rant about the issue. So to answer your question, I would have said something to your face had a group discussion equivalent of the above happened, though probably not those exact words and fwiw, I would have been directing it at rms more than you for he is the one that decided to make it a two-story issue. Also, I've only bee here a month (despite my join time, I didn't use the account until recently), just because you perceive something I say as dickish and unnecessary doesn't mean that the identify of HN has changed (whatever it was, I don't know). In other words, I am hardly representative of this community.

palish 18y ago
Alright. Emotions flared up on both sides of the issue, so it's probably best to just forget about the whole thing. Thanks for explaining your stance.