Re:New users: Welcome. Please read the site guidelines.
by electromagnetic on Saturday January 31, 2009 @01:51PM
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While this is up on the front page, I'd like to say that I love HN and the people on it.
There's lots of things I like about HN, like that links can't be down voted and that downvoting comments is an exclusive right to people with good karma.
However, the main thing I like about HN is that I see lots of civil discussion and people giving useful comments and suggestions. When I have seen disagreements (I believe I've been in a few myself) I notice that people tend to do what they do in real life and simply 'walk away'. When I read something that really irks me I usually just close HN and will come back later or whenever when I've forgotten about it.
There's lots of things I like about HN, like that links can't be down voted and that downvoting comments is an exclusive right to people with good karma.
However, the main thing I like about HN is that I see lots of civil discussion and people giving useful comments and suggestions. When I have seen disagreements (I believe I've been in a few myself) I notice that people tend to do what they do in real life and simply 'walk away'. When I read something that really irks me I usually just close HN and will come back later or whenever when I've forgotten about it.