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I rest my case. Negativity has its place, but so does positivity. My comments on meerkat did add to the discussion, and, despite your disagreements, were upvot
by austenallred 12y ago
I rest my case.
Negativity has its place, but so does positivity. My comments on meerkat did add to the discussion, and, despite your disagreements, were upvoted. I like Meerkat - I think it's cool. I think Ben is a really smart guy, and no, I don't know him or have any connection to the product. But that's not the point.
The point is that it's endless and entirely one-way. It's a negative feedback loop. The more you hate something the cooler you are, because you must be intelligent enough to have reason to hate it.
Don't you see how this feels? I have 7,800 karma. I've commented on HN for years. And you assume that my leaving HN is because you called me out on one comment and that I can't handle negativity.
Is what we're doing fun or enlightening or positive or contributing to anything in any way?
Fuck this. I'm out.
- minimaxir 12y agoMostly I'm confused at what specifically you had an objection to since the submission provided no examples. I've been commenting on HN for years too. HN is bad when it comes to issues about race/gender, yes, but for general demeanor, it has been improving a bit, thanks to dang and co.