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Isn't saying 'Thank you' against the ethos of HN?
by capex 12y ago
Isn't saying 'Thank you' against the ethos of HN?
- ColinWright 12y agoFrom https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html : Empty comments can be ok if they're positive. There's nothing wrong with submitting a comment saying just "Thanks." Filling a thread with lots of very short comments just saying "Thanks" is discouraged, but in a short exchange in an item that's not going to spawn a huge amount of discussion, saying "thanks" won't derail or pollute the thread. Quoting further: Which brings us to the most important principle on HN: civility.