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Ok, but this is such a repetitive, generic-indignant response to every similar topic that it is highly predictable, and that makes it off-topic for HN. We only want intellectually curious conversation here, and curiosity and predictability are antithetical. As are curiosity and indignation.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I absolutely don't mean to pick on you personally—it's a systemic problem. Also, threads are a co-creation of comments and upvotes, and reflexive upvotes are by far the bigger problem.

If you or anyone wants further explanation about what we are/aren't hoping for in HN threads, the following principles and the associated links should help:

Curiosity withers under repetition: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...

Generic discussion is not interesting, at least not on internet forums: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...

We want reflective rather than reflexive conversation: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...

Diffs are what make an HN conversation interesting: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...

parent dang 5 years ago

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