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I didn't realize it before, but this new guideline is probably targeting people exactly like myself. likely why I only have 40 some karma after however many yea

I didn't realize it before, but this new guideline is probably targeting people exactly like myself. likely why I only have 40 some karma after however many years I've been on here. so I guess I'll go back to lurking, since I'm not a member of the portion of the population that knows how to comment properly. does this make me bitter? yeah. but I'm human and I'm allowed to have emotions, no matter how irrational. is it for the "greater good" of the HN community? apparently everyone seems to think so. y'all can go fuck yourselves :)

dang 12y ago
You don't have to go back to lurking if you don't want to. What we're asking for can very much be learned. Like a lot of people here, I started out as a caustic commenter. I thought that was a good thing to do, for a bunch of reasons, and it took me a long time to realize that it was a net negative. There's a lot of learning behind these guidelines and some of us learned it the hard way. You don't have to. Your fellow community members will give you amazingly thoughtful and practical feedback if you show any sign of wanting sincerely to improve.