I thought the rule of HN was to avoid comments like the above, that are baseless and devoid of content, derived purely from subjetive feelings about other people's opinions.
It's a concise reduction to the absurd that doesn't leave room for conversation. It's a flat statement of "your wrong" that adds nothing to the conversation, with the subtext of "I'm too lazy to actually put together an argument with a claim and a few premises and a bit of explanation to flesh things out".
It's the opposite of constructive. It's combative and inflammatory. HN, unlike many other venues for discussion, is a halfway decent community precisely because such comments are in the minority and tend to be quickly downvoted.
>In general HN commentators seems to be relatively emotionless and focus mostly on facts
This is a myth. Commenters on HN are good at disguising emotional arguments as reasoned arguments. That's not to say that people don't apply logic here--they certainly do--but don't be fooled into thinking that HN comments are relatively emotionless.
While I understand the purpose of HN is to have meaningful and in-depth discussion, and simply stating an opinion doesn't really contribute much, this is something which is so obviously bad and gives such a visceral reaction that the negative opinion outshines anything else I could say about it.
I don't know, it seems pretty common for people to be straight up on HN. I didn't get a sense of superiority or insult from the comment - just statements that the author believes to be true.
> you should feel ashamed for it. If anything you should feel shame
Trying to guilt-trip or shame people on HN for their views is absolutely against the HN guidelines[1] - "Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation" "Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive" "When disagreeing, please reply to the argument" and so on.
Agreed. I don't see why that comment, in particular, got killed. I think some groupthink was at work, in that case. This is an unfortunate trend on HN.
I have no idea why these two users are taking such an uncharitable view of what you wrote. It's sad and offensive.
HN, by the mere fact that it is a discussion community, is about sharing perspectives and opinions. No one here is forced to read or believe anything anyone else says.
I appreciated your comments and would hate to see you go.
Your comment seems to be against multiple HN guidelines, particularly those regarding assuming good faith, not post shallow and dismissive comments, and the rule regarding ideological wars.
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