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Please don't fall back on things like "welcome to the internet." One, it's needlessly snarky. Two, we would like this place to be better.
by scott_s 12y ago
Please don't fall back on things like "welcome to the internet." One, it's needlessly snarky. Two, we would like this place to be better.
- korzun 12y agoI'm glad you decided to pick out and focus on the first line from my comment.
- DanBC 12y agoWhy do people say things like this? That first line is what's attracting downvotes. It's what people are going to respond to. Someone is gently, politely, pointing out that the line "welcome to the Internet" is going to cause you problems and your response is to bicker?
- korzun 12y agoWhen I wrote that first line, I knew that somebody will completely ignore the rest of the comment and make a post about it. Adding nothing to the actual discussion. There is absolutely nothing serious about the first line. The rest of the post clearly indicates it. Reminds me of people who will show up to threads featuring proof of concept implementations and comment on how the code lacks unit testing.
- scott_s 12y agoI'm trying to gently inform you what kind of content HN aims for. Snark which does not add to the discussion is among that; it gets in the way of discussion. I'm surprised you went ahead with saying it, knowing that.
- Karunamon 12y agoA bad attitude ruins an otherwise fine post. Really, you borderline insult people and expect them not to take you to task for it? Sorry, human beings do not work that way. If you have anything worth saying, you can say it nicely.
- lotharbot 12y ago> "When I wrote that first line, I knew that somebody will completely ignore the rest of the comment" Maybe you shouldn't have included that line, then. The comment would not have suffered in any way from being shorter.
- AnimalMuppet 12y agoWe'd like that, but... after a long time of people trying to build internet communities, from newsgroups to Slashdot to Reddit to HN, it seems like this may be what the internet is. Or, perhaps, this is what you get when you allow open membership.
- AnimalMuppet 12y agoAnd the parent got downvoted. That's just too beautifully ironic not to point out.
- maxerickson 12y agoIt hasn't been all that long in human terms. Especially when you consider that it was only ~ 5 years ago that "almost everyone" in developed countries was finally online. I think in many senses, HN is a first generation response to how to get a bunch of people who don't really know each other to have a decent conversation in a low context environment.