Um... Did you look at who made this submission? :)

Oddly enough, a thread like this was front-paged just a few days ago, but was killed by the editors.

I didn't see the earlier thread, but perhaps the difference is in how things were worded? I quite often see pairs of comments posted at the same time and making exactly the same points, yet where one post gets voted up and the other doesn't, simply because one comment is better written than the other.

I imagine that this is even more important than usual in this case, since when the message is "please be good" there's really nothing except how well the message is worded.

It wouldn't matter. I think some dupes are required.

When you say "take care" to somebody it's not like you think they won't take care of themselves. But if you stop saying it altogether, I bet it will harm the basis of civility.

I vaguely recall an experiment done on a classroom where everybody was required to say hi every morning. Soon after the entire class had a great spirit. I don't recall when, where, or who; if somebody does, please say.

"pg"? Am I missing something?

pg == Paul Graham

http://ycombinator.com/people.html

the guy running the site.

I think this may have been meant as an "ironic" joke. Then again, that kind of humor is also one of the common things on other sites that I'm thankful to not see rewarded here.

I think that is pretty funny - in fact when I read digg (usually on the phone, sitting on the toilet) for a laugh I always check the comments first, but I NEVER participate (its pure theatre). Has its place, as does HN I think. Is HN the only civil place online ? ;)

Why should it matter who made the submission?