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Certain very strong community norms have formed here, whether you realize it, or whether it was intentional or not. Sorry, I meant "rule" just as something that
by solve 11y ago
Certain very strong community norms have formed here, whether you realize it, or whether it was intentional or not. Sorry, I meant "rule" just as something that is somehow enforced, empirically. Probably "rule" is completely the wrong word, as empirical actions can often be the opposite of the written rules.
- tptacek 11y agohttps://hn.algolia.com/?query=fuck&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?query=fuck&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0...
- solve 11y agoI'm talking relative, you're showing absolute. Oh, I see I edited that out of my previous comment. Previously, I said to try an experiment using multiple accounts where you post comments with a swear word and slightly censored swearing, versus just posting uncensored swearing and nothing else different. You'll quickly see the relative difference in the community's reaction.
- tptacek 11y agoI fucking swear all the time here and don't give a shit how often I do it. You'll only get voted down for it when the swearing makes it harder to read your comment, or conveys an emotional urgency unwarranted by the thread. For instance: "Fuck you" is unlikely to be well-received in any thread.