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Re:The evolution of nepotism in academia, 1088-1800 by MichaelZuo on Friday November 08, 2024 @05:44PM (#42091060)
I read this comment a few minutes after it was posted and checked just now and you completely changed this comment to something else… I’m not going to engage with someone who does that without even putting an Edit: tag.

So yes please do not reply…

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Re:The evolution of nepotism in academia, 1088-1800 by Retric on Friday November 08, 2024 @07:31PM (#42091601)
At first I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt, but upon reflection I deleted that comment as pointless.

Your behavior is simply unworthy of attempting an intellectual discussion.

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Re:The evolution of nepotism in academia, 1088-1800 by MichaelZuo on Saturday November 09, 2024 @08:11AM (#42094225)
Alright then leave, I’m not going to substantially engage with someone trying to deceive readers.

Edit: Consider yourself lucky I’m not requesting a mod to ban this account ‘Retric’ for deception.

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Re:The evolution of nepotism in academia, 1088-1800 by Retric on Saturday November 09, 2024 @11:57AM (#42095435)
That’s not how things operate here. Note how your complaint isn’t in the guidelines. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

The site encourages people to delete unproductive comments that haven’t been responding to as it improves the reading experiences for 3rd parties. Which is one of the reasons there’s a big old delete button and you can edit posts for a full hour.

Adding “Edit:” is important for clarity when a post has been responded to, without that it’s just clutter.

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Re:The evolution of nepotism in academia, 1088-1800 by MichaelZuo on Saturday November 09, 2024 @01:08PM (#42095831)
I’m not going to substantially engage with you. Period.
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Re:The evolution of nepotism in academia, 1088-1800 by Retric on Monday November 11, 2024 @08:06PM (#42111941)
You never did meaningfully engage anywhere in the thread.

That’s the issue.

I’m not convinced you’re capable of meaningful dialogue.

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Re:The evolution of nepotism in academia, 1088-1800 by MichaelZuo on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @07:55AM (#42125657)
Nobody’s going to trust the word of a proven deceiver… but if you want to burn away your account then I won’t stop you.
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