Re:Don't be mean, it's stupid
by nicholassmith on Friday March 08, 2013 @09:00AM
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After spending a non-trivial amount of time on HN and various other resources for years, people are definitely intentionally being mean. Not all of them, but a significant amount of people posting harsh comments could do it in a much more constructive way, but that's not what they want. They want to be mean. Sucks for discourse.
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Oh the irony of this comment. And I get the irony of my own comment, too. Well.
Re:Don't be mean, it's stupid
by nicholassmith on Friday March 08, 2013 @11:04AM
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I didn't say I was exempt, but I definitely try and avoid "This sucks and you should feel bad. And stupid" and focus on trying to contribute in a more positive manner. Meanness is hard to detect though, so it's all a sliding scale.