Polynesian people used a kind of binary number system 600 years ago (2013)

Re:Polynesian people used a kind of binary number system 600... by tray5 on Friday June 16, 2017 @01:44AM (#14566912)

I agree that his comment didn't add all that much, but I think the snark on your end was a bit more distracting and irrelevant than his comment, and honestly his comment was kind of on topic. This site is thankfully strictly moderated and usually the discussion in the comments is very on topic, jumping at the chance to be smug like that degrades the quality of conversation much farther then being semi-relevant with a bit of a joke. Downvote and move on

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Re:Polynesian people used a kind of binary number system 600... by corysama on Friday June 16, 2017 @02:02AM (#14566956)

I started making comments like this after the tenth time seeing a green account make a joke, get downvoted to hell and reply "WTF! Why is Hacker News so mean to noobs!" (Peter was green an hour ago)

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Re:Polynesian people used a kind of binary number system 600... by petersjt014 on Friday June 16, 2017 @04:42PM (#14572492)

I certainly understand where you're coming from and what you're probably thinking of (Eternal September is the name I know it by)--but I did try to make my comment both relevant and funny. I personally think I did okay there, but I'm fine with disagreement on that part.

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Re:Polynesian people used a kind of binary number system 600... by corysama on Friday June 16, 2017 @06:43PM (#14573134)

I don't disagree. I shoulda waited to see if you were downvoted first before commenting. Meanwhile, I thought my comment was nice. I used to get a lot of support for a slightly less polite version of the same message. But, apparently today a lot of people read it as aggressive, snarky and smug :P

That's the problem when forums have a lot of sarcasm. It becomes even more difficult for anyone to judge your intentions. When people in "witty" forums say mean/dumb things they get surprised by how many readers think they are serious. And, some of them respond with mean/dumb things in seriousness. And, in not-seriousness... Usually there's an indistinguishable mix. And, even when you say something constructive, a lot of people will assume a negative intention and get upset that you are so disparaging.

So, yeah. Every few months I get in the mood to welcome a witty noob. Doesn't always go well :P

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Re:Polynesian people used a kind of binary number system 600... by taneq on Friday June 16, 2017 @05:40AM (#14567659)

Wait, green means new?

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Re:Polynesian people used a kind of binary number system 600... by tomsmeding on Friday June 16, 2017 @06:09AM (#14567735)

I believe it means "throwaway"

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Re:Polynesian people used a kind of binary number system 600... by arethuza on Friday June 16, 2017 @07:18AM (#14568003)

Pretty sure it just identifies to logged in users that a particular account is relatively new.

After all, who is to know that a "throwaway" account actually gets thrown away?

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