>Don't say things you wouldn't say face-to-face. Don't be snarky.
"Every day humans make me again realize that I love my dogs, and respect my dogs, more than humans. There are exceptions but they are few and far between." [2]
>Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize.
"Which sort of doesn't matter since everyone thinks GitHub is source management." [1]
>Please don't post shallow dismissals
"You all lost out on "the most sane and powerful" as a result." [1]
"Calling it a sane and powerful source control tool is just not supported by the facts, calling "the most ..." is laughable." [1]
"Calling Git sane just makes it clear that you haven't used a sane source management system." [1]
"Lots of people are too busy/whatever to know what they are missing, maybe that's you. It's not me" [3]
>When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."
"Arguing with some random dude who thinks he knows more than me is not really fun." [3]
Some of the things you quoted there are admittedly borderline, but you went much further across the nastiness line. Could you please just not do that? It isn't necessary, and it weakens whatever substantive points you have.
>borderline, but you went much further across the nastiness line.
I didn't insinuate that people are worth less than pets that I bought and own (who can't even choose who to be dependent on) because they don't agree with my perspectives over a piece of software. In what context would this be an acceptable statement to make face to face or in a public setting and you go "well, you know, it's kind of okay to say!"
I'm exceedingly interested in where I crossed that line in a considerable manner because that's one distant line to cross. Next time someone says something I perceive to be incorrect, or they get on my nerves for continually disagreeing with me, I'll be sure to tell them my dog is worth more than them since that's actively being allowed and has a precedent of moderator support.
And for the record, my tone is probably "abrasive" in this post because the above actions and outright blind eye towards outright lies and uncalled for statements is aggravating. I have a feeling you're not doing anything just because of who he is, and not because what he is saying is warranted or even accurate (it's definitely not, as I demonstrated across several different posts).
They are currently not being applied. Is it fair for me to point out how inconsistently the posts are being treated?
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html:
>Don't say things you wouldn't say face-to-face. Don't be snarky.
"Every day humans make me again realize that I love my dogs, and respect my dogs, more than humans. There are exceptions but they are few and far between." [2]
>Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize.
"Which sort of doesn't matter since everyone thinks GitHub is source management." [1]
>Please don't post shallow dismissals
"You all lost out on "the most sane and powerful" as a result." [1]
"Calling it a sane and powerful source control tool is just not supported by the facts, calling "the most ..." is laughable." [1]
"Calling Git sane just makes it clear that you haven't used a sane source management system." [1]
"Lots of people are too busy/whatever to know what they are missing, maybe that's you. It's not me" [3]
>When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."
"Arguing with some random dude who thinks he knows more than me is not really fun." [3]
"Dude, troll much?" [4]
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16806588
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16807652
[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16806877
[4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16807763
At least I had the decency to correct dishonest statements with vanilla citations in my posts, and they still got ignored.