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Re:65k fake students applied for financial aid in wide commu... by dang on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @02:58PM (#28384166)
Please don't post in the flamewar style to HN. We're trying for something else here.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

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Re:65k fake students applied for financial aid in wide commu... by gsk22 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @06:12PM (#28386169)
I admit I didn't need to call the other poster foolish. I don't think refuting their point with examples is exactly a "flamewar", though.
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Re:65k fake students applied for financial aid in wide commu... by dang on Thursday September 02, 2021 @01:14AM (#28388872)
It has to do with how you do that. Note this site guideline:

"Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine."

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