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Re:Five-year-old boy stopped on highway driving from Utah to... by cambalache on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @05:50AM (#23089318)
Yes, what a weird comment. It is the same type of comment of the people who say scientists have been warning about global warming for more than 20 years now so there is nothing new. So basically, you put that comment in your guidelines and cover yourself for ever and ever of any form of criticism,not matter how mild.
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Re:Five-year-old boy stopped on highway driving from Utah to... by dang on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @10:51AM (#23091616)
The guideline is not about criticism, it's about a particularly tedious form of repetition. It's a bit like its neighbor, the guideline that asks people not to comment on comment voting in comments.

HN users are not shy about making criticisms, and any HN user who has one can easily find a more substantive way of making theirs. Actually, if a comment showed up that broke that guideline and had something genuinely interesting to say, it wouldn't be a problem—it's just that they never do.

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