I used to fear being a nobody, then I left social media

Re:I used to fear being a nobody, then I left social media by iikoolpp on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:04PM (#21126978)

> Here... it's a relatively polite reply explaining why I'm wrong

I've never found this. It's generally a three hundred word roundabout way of saying "You're an idiot" to fit in the faux civility guidelines.

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Re:I used to fear being a nobody, then I left social media by martin_a on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:08PM (#21127048)

Yes. Somehow you have to play along, otherwise someone will point out that "non-substantial comments are not welcome here".

Point is: Sarcasm works best when writing somewhat snarky. But probably most HN readers don't understand sarcasm and that's the problem. (See what I did there?)

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Re:I used to fear being a nobody, then I left social media by SubuSS on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:59PM (#21129889)

I have always been curious about this: Are you for real saying you can take an "You're an idiot" comment with the same equanimity as the 300 word option? Email/Forums etc already loses a ton of context. Merge that with semi-anonymity - I don't know how you can do it better with a short form answer.

IOW - Your comment is ignorant :D

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