It’s Not Enough to Be Right – You Also Have to Be Kind

Re:It’s Not Enough to Be Right – You Also Have to Be Kind by Carpetsmoker on Saturday November 09, 2019 @02:56PM (#21493893)

I don't consider saying "thanks" when asking a question to random strangers as "redundant chatter".

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Re:It’s Not Enough to Be Right – You Also Have to Be Kind by sedeki on Saturday November 09, 2019 @03:55PM (#21494288)

I agree. I think you misread what I wrote. If we are talking specifically about SO, just realize that it is a gamified forum where comments like ”thanks” is specifically discouraged. On most places it’s not.

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Re:It’s Not Enough to Be Right – You Also Have to Be Kind by Carpetsmoker on Sunday November 10, 2019 @05:47AM (#21497447)

I don't think "gamified forum" makes things all that different. It's fine to say "I think saying thanks is redundant", it's quite another to go around and removing "thanks" from questions because it's "redundant chatter". That's just ... weird.

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