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Could you please review the site guidelines? One thing they ask is Don't be snarky. Your point here could have been the kernel of a more substantive and fine comment, but we definitely don't need swipey one-liners with ideological overtones.

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Can you please make your substantive points without snark and swipes? The site guidelines ask you not to do those things, because they degrade discussion and we're trying for something else here.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.


The site guidelines ask people not to be snarky in comments here.

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


Can you please review and follow the site guidelines? They include "Don't be snarky." Your comment would be just fine without the first sentence.

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


You've got a good point but can you please make your substantive points without being snarky? This is in the site guidelines and is an important condition for curious conversation.

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


There's probably a good point there but to be within the site guidelines you need to express it substantively and without snark. This comment is better than the GP that way.

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


Please don't be snarky, or sneer, or do shallow dismissals, in HN comments. All that is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

Can you please make your substantive points thoughtfully? The site guidelines include "Don't be snarky."

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

This is particularly important when threads are fresh, because they're so sensitive to initial conditions.


Please don't break the site guidelines like this! You can make your substantive points without swipes or snark.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.


Would you mind reviewing the site guidelines and sticking to them when posting here? They ask commenters to avoid snark and the flamewar style.

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


Please don't post shallow dismissals and please don't be snarky. These are two of the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Your comment would be just fine without that last sentence.


It's against the site guidelines to be snarky and to dismiss other people's work like this, so please don't. I'm sure you can make your substantive points thoughtfully, so please do.

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


Would you mind posting thoughtful and informative comments instead of snarky one-liners?

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


Can you please make your substantive points without snark? We're trying for something else here.

This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.


Hey, could you please not break the site guidelines by taking personal shots at other users, being snarky, or posting in the flamewar style? It makes this place worse, regardless of how solid your underlying points are. If you'd review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and make your substantive points thoughtfully, we'd appreciate it.

I'm sure there's a good point underlying this but could you please follow the site guidelines and not be snarky on HN?

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


Can you please make your substantive points without snark? This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

It looks like you've got an important and relevant point there but if you lead with snark, you'll probably just provoke more flamewar and make the thread more predictable.

A better version of this comment would drop the first couple words and then add information to explain what you're talking about and/or how you know it.


Would you mind reviewing the site guidelines and sticking to the rules when posting here? Note that they include:

"Don't be snarky."

"Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."

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


Please make your substantive points without being snarky.

This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.


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

I'd ask for you to post a reply comment that isn't snarky, per the guidelines. I cannot have much of a productive conversation with your comment as it is.

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