Re:The silence of the owls
by awaythrower on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @05:45PM
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How about no, control freak.
Re:The silence of the owls
by moneytide1 on Saturday April 18, 2020 @02:56AM
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While I agree with you that some folk may become obsessed with controlling people (inefficiently) as a method to inflate their own ego (freak) - I err on the side of "dang" in this scenario where you have rejected the request (not just because she/he is our common moderator on this platform). Your comment prompted me to address some communication abnormalities that I have been noticing across the past few election cycles, which is why I still find your past few permanent text inputs valuable (representative of the common worker).
Over the years, I have expected this forum (HN) to be reserved for people who will digest internet content and output thoughtful responses - "dang" is my warden.
Reddit migration is understandable (you are seeking more substance). The simple act of including more word variation in your responses is enough to avoid the text-shade-lightening that is being naturally inflicted upon your simple-minded input.
However - the quantity of words in a comment issued is not necessarily proportional to the value provided.
You needn't use your real name, of course, but for HN to be a community, users need some identity for others to relate to. Otherwise we may as well have no usernames and no community, and that would be a different kind of forum. https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...