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Re:Ask HN: Is Hacker News a Waste of Time? by DavidSJ on Friday January 23, 2009 @10:07PM (#447667)
"Pushing them in a productive direction" could be something like "You've been spending a lot of time here. Don't you think you should do something else?"

But for all the people not on the fence, you're denying them responsibility for their own choices. I can't help but feel that your stated agreement with me that individuals should be responsible for themselves is empty if you support measures that take all choice away from them.

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Re:Ask HN: Is Hacker News a Waste of Time? by randallsquared on Saturday January 24, 2009 @12:16AM (#447781)
I don't really support measures that take away choices (I'm against having the site closed for X hours per day, for example), but I do support arranging choices and defaults such that the goals of the arranger are furthered.
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Re:Ask HN: Is Hacker News a Waste of Time? by DavidSJ on Saturday January 24, 2009 @12:35AM (#447800)
Fair enough.
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