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Re: Couple 'fined' £100 for leaving a bad review

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Post by mimog »

coldtea wrote: post #156
mimog wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This part apparently: "Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports ... If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic." But forgive me, I am, unlike you, not the type of person who finds a story about a Hotel manager behaving badly particularly intellectually gratifying.

> But forgive me, I am, unlike you, not the type of person who finds a story about a Hotel manager behaving badly particularly intellectually gratifying. Yeah, because it's just about a guy behaving badly, might as well been about a bar brawl. It's not a story that doesn't have connections to how some businesses perceive the internet, internet "mob" justice, antiquated laws, free speech and such, right?

You seem to struggle with the fact that your personal interests and the HN submission guidelines diverge. Even though the story of a Hotel manager levying unlawful charges against his guests seems to pique your intellectual curiosity immensely, it still doesn't mean that it adheres to the submission guidelines. More specifically this part of it: "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic"

Also, your use of a double negative in the sentence "It's not a story that doesn't have connections to how some businesses perceive the internet, internet 'mob' justice, antiquated laws, free speech and such, right?" makes it far less sarcastic than you probably intended it to be.

Re: Couple 'fined' £100 for leaving a bad review

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Post by nske »

gerry_mander wrote: post #2

=\ charging for a bad review is not going to increase your good reviews. It's like companies don't think before they pull this type of shit.

I guess when someone has a small business and also happens to be an idiot, chances are slimer that a smarter business partner will point out an idiotic idea, so his idiocity has the chance to shine in all it's glory at every instance.

Re: Couple 'fined' £100 for leaving a bad review

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Post by iqonik »

mimog wrote: post #160
iqonik wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It means this is the wrong place to moan about it.

Would the proper response then not be to flag my comment rather than making a comment about it not adhering to the guidelines?

Yes, if I had enough Karma.

Re: Couple 'fined' £100 for leaving a bad review

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Post by mimog »

iqonik wrote: post #163
mimog wrote: post #160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would the proper response then not be to flag my comment rather than making a comment about it not adhering to the guidelines?

Yes, if I had enough Karma.

So moaning about a comment is okay, but moaning about a submission is not okay ever. Got it.

Re: Couple 'fined' £100 for leaving a bad review

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Post by mimog »

iqonik wrote: post #165
mimog wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So moaning about a comment is okay, but moaning about a submission is not okay ever. Got it.

I didn't moan about your comment, I referred you to the guidelines.

So a comment containing an explicit referral to the guidelines is not considered moaning, but a comment implicitly referring to the guidelines is?

Re: Couple 'fined' £100 for leaving a bad review

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Post by iqonik »

mimog wrote: post #166
iqonik wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't moan about your comment, I referred you to the guidelines.

So a comment containing an explicit referral to the guidelines is not considered moaning, but a comment implicitly referring to the guidelines is?

:). Lets agree to disagree.
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