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I'm glad you decided to pick out and focus on the first line from my comment.

• DanBC 12y ago
  Why 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 ago
    When 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 ago
      I'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 ago
      A 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.