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Yes, I'm pretty sure that zedshaw, who has been an HN user for much longer than you have, understands how it works. Now why don't you try reading the piece under the assumption that he isn't a moron?
Well the other conclusion that you have to come to is that he thinks he should not be allowed to be criticized on the Internet, which is pretty naive. The same thing could happen on reddit, 4chan, etc.
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Sounds like a recipe for the sterile PR speak we're surrounded by. If he's angry, why shouldn't he write angry? And the preoccupation with swearing is just puritanical nonsense.
I feel you. Sadly, almost no one else here does. I am yet to determine as to why, but everyone prefers smoothed-out shit to blunt truth. And the topics discussed here are not even that emotional compared to other possible alternatives. This is also said in the context of the recent 'blabla no negativity' rule.
You don't have to weigh your words like a two-faced politician to get your point across.
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There are direct and there are underhanded attacks. Unfortunately, only the former are really condemned.
Try directly criticizing anything Zed has written and see what you reap. For instance: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1570694