Comment by dang

A productive response would be one that doesn't, if repeated, lead to the destruction of the commons (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...).

The issue is the kind of community we're trying to have here. In deciding what counts as a good contribution, that has to be the high order bit.

At a minimum, one thing that requires is not punishing people for being wrong. We're all wrong, after all.