> Eschew flamebait. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents.
I’m a prime target for this flamebate, and you’ve managed to upset me quite a bit. I’m actually surprised I didn’t bite already. Indeed I’ll actually just leave it at that and pat my self on the back for resisting.
> we value not upsetting people, that's the metric we optimize for.
From the HN guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html):
> Eschew flamebait. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents.
I’m a prime target for this flamebate, and you’ve managed to upset me quite a bit. I’m actually surprised I didn’t bite already. Indeed I’ll actually just leave it at that and pat my self on the back for resisting.