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This is an ineffective comment for a few reasons: 1) The person you are responding to is advocating a course of action (funding work to end malaria) which helps

This is an ineffective comment for a few reasons: 1) The person you are responding to is advocating a course of action (funding work to end malaria) which helps poor people. They are responding to advocacy of a course of inaction (not developing taxi apps). The comment thus has some value, even if you disagree with it's conclusion. 2) You are advocating banning people for saying things. This puts a burden on you to make the case for why they should be banned. You don't explain anything about what was so bad about the comment, but simply insist that it must be obvious by inspection. 3) You assert that anyone who isn't offended by the comment is "fucking blind" and not "an essentially decent human being". This means that anyone who does not immediately agree with your comment is going to be defending their decency rather than giving your post a second thought.

pagingdraltman 11y ago
No. You are wrong on so many levels: 1) the comment I responded to was a broad-based insult lobbed at anybody who believed that malaria research is more important than Uber. Calling it 'teen angst' showed it wasn't a serious suggestion, it was just a way to insult people who disagree with him. That comment made INCREDIBLY clear that he wasn't here for discussion, he was here to shit on people who hold a different worldview. Fuck you for pretending it was a real comment. It's disgusting that you're pretending it was a real comment. Losers like you are the reason HN is a piece of shit now. 2) I am advocating banning people for being rude. Being rude is against HN's approach to comments. I am advocating that we either adhere to those rules, or we admit that they don't exist. Either is fine. 2b) read the fucking guidelines. They're linked right under the comment box that you used to spew your gibberish. They talk about rudeness. My point is that dang and altman only ban rudeness like calling somebody an asshole. But they ignore far more pernicious forms of rudeness, like lobbing insults at people out of left field because they think malaria is more important than Uber. HN would be a better place if they started banning people who are shitty towards others, even if those people don't use profanity. Have a nice day.
- nl 11y ago
  I tend to agree that it wasn't a particularly useful comment, although I don't see it as black-and-white as you seem to. However: Losers like you are the reason HN is a piece of shit now. I don't think this is acceptable at all. I've flagged that comment, though I'm sure you realized that would happen - and I suspect that was the point you were trying to make.
- rgjm 11y ago
  > Fuck you for pretending it was a real comment. It's disgusting that you're pretending it was a real comment. Losers like you are the reason HN is a piece of shit now. > 2) I am advocating banning people for being rude. Indeed

pagingdraltman 11y ago

No. You are wrong on so many levels: 1) the comment I responded to was a broad-based insult lobbed at anybody who believed that malaria research is more important than Uber. Calling it 'teen angst' showed it wasn't a serious suggestion, it was just a way to insult people who disagree with him. That comment made INCREDIBLY clear that he wasn't here for discussion, he was here to shit on people who hold a different worldview. Fuck you for pretending it was a real comment. It's disgusting that you're pretending it was a real comment. Losers like you are the reason HN is a piece of shit now. 2) I am advocating banning people for being rude. Being rude is against HN's approach to comments. I am advocating that we either adhere to those rules, or we admit that they don't exist. Either is fine. 2b) read the fucking guidelines. They're linked right under the comment box that you used to spew your gibberish. They talk about rudeness. My point is that dang and altman only ban rudeness like calling somebody an asshole. But they ignore far more pernicious forms of rudeness, like lobbing insults at people out of left field because they think malaria is more important than Uber. HN would be a better place if they started banning people who are shitty towards others, even if those people don't use profanity. Have a nice day.

nl 11y ago
I tend to agree that it wasn't a particularly useful comment, although I don't see it as black-and-white as you seem to. However: Losers like you are the reason HN is a piece of shit now. I don't think this is acceptable at all. I've flagged that comment, though I'm sure you realized that would happen - and I suspect that was the point you were trying to make.
rgjm 11y ago
> Fuck you for pretending it was a real comment. It's disgusting that you're pretending it was a real comment. Losers like you are the reason HN is a piece of shit now. > 2) I am advocating banning people for being rude. Indeed