> They're blunt when I know people are not commenting in good faith
I think that may be where things start to spin out of control. From the guidelines:
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."
Even when we may believe that someone is not commenting in good faith, adopting the constraint that we assume good faith nevertheless leads to more invigorating, challenging exchanges. By grappling with the strongest plausible interpretation, we grow to understand the opposition better and become stronger ourselves.
I hope that you can engage under those terms, because if you can we'll all be enriched by your continued participation. But if that's not for you, I hope you'll find another venue. You write well and you're good at the harsh stuff (I'm reminded of Hunter from Daily Kos), but that's not what I come to HN for.
> lo and behold guess which one of us got dang's attention.
Here's someone who also thinks dang is biased, but in the opposite direction. :)
Dan's an effective moderator. He can't police every transgression, but under his watch the forum stays more-or-less to the liking of those of us who value exchanges under the HN guidelines.
Anyway, thanks for giving a busybody like me a hearing. :) Happy trails.
The "In Comments" section on this page:
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
> They're blunt when I know people are not commenting in good faith
I think that may be where things start to spin out of control. From the guidelines:
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."
Even when we may believe that someone is not commenting in good faith, adopting the constraint that we assume good faith nevertheless leads to more invigorating, challenging exchanges. By grappling with the strongest plausible interpretation, we grow to understand the opposition better and become stronger ourselves.
I hope that you can engage under those terms, because if you can we'll all be enriched by your continued participation. But if that's not for you, I hope you'll find another venue. You write well and you're good at the harsh stuff (I'm reminded of Hunter from Daily Kos), but that's not what I come to HN for.
> lo and behold guess which one of us got dang's attention.
Here's someone who also thinks dang is biased, but in the opposite direction. :)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17656115
Dan's an effective moderator. He can't police every transgression, but under his watch the forum stays more-or-less to the liking of those of us who value exchanges under the HN guidelines.
Anyway, thanks for giving a busybody like me a hearing. :) Happy trails.