Re:Two brilliant moves that helped create the Apple iOS powe...
by zaptheimpaler on Sunday May 06, 2012 @08:55AM
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YES! We need to get one of these disclaimers so we can stop the endless stream of needlessly pedantic comments that contribute nothing to the discussion. Of course, given the volume of those comments on HN, it would be a long, long disclaimer.
And we'd have to make sure to restrict pedantic comments trying to find workarounds to the disclaimer (by taking overly literal and meaningless interpretations of them of course) to one giant pedantic orgy thread.
In all seriousness though, I see this happening on every sufficiently busy thread on HN, it's annoying. It's not all bad though, as that kind of attention to detail is sometimes also what facilitates insightful discussions on the threads.
And we'd have to make sure to restrict pedantic comments trying to find workarounds to the disclaimer (by taking overly literal and meaningless interpretations of them of course) to one giant pedantic orgy thread.
In all seriousness though, I see this happening on every sufficiently busy thread on HN, it's annoying. It's not all bad though, as that kind of attention to detail is sometimes also what facilitates insightful discussions on the threads.