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Oh, to this site punishes people for adding a positive remark. Great... I'll keep that in mind then. Anyway, thanks for letting me know!
Just being positive and nothing else is what the upvote button is for. And turning your comment slightly gray is not really a punishment.
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Just being positive and nothing else is what the upvote button is for. And turning your comment slightly gray is not really a punishment.
Positive, supportive comments have always been welcome on HN.
Shallow praise is better than a shallow dismissal, but not by enough.
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Positive, supportive comments have always been welcome on HN.
Being positive and supportive is a good quality, but it is not enough to make a comment good. Comments are supposed to have thought and substance too. Shallow praise is better than a shallow dismissal, but not by enough.
But I hope my recollection about that is right. Yes we want comments to be substantive in general, but we don't want to be surly or even Grinch-like when someone is just expressing excitement and affirmation for someone else's contribution. I'm sure that's not what pg or dang would want here.
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Positive, supportive comments have always been welcome on HN.
Being positive and supportive is a good quality, but it is not enough to make a comment good. Comments are supposed to have thought and substance too. Shallow praise is better than a shallow dismissal, but not by enough.
Empty comments can be ok if they're positive. There's nothing wrong with submitting a comment saying just "Thanks." What we especially discourage are comments that are empty and negative—comments that are mere name-calling.
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