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Post by Aaronontheweb »

charlief wrote: post #100
edw519 wrote: post #91

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...it's virtually content free... Not if you run it through ReadBetweenTheLines(). Hey Thomas, lighten up. Normally I'd agree with you, but not today. This post hit me just right... I'm having a shitty day. Really shitty. 6 levels deep into garbage that never should have been written, trying to add one little feature. Asking myself every 7 minutes if I have time to rewrite without shifting everything else out a week.…

I liked the article, I just hate the inconsistency here on HN when it comes to humorous/evocative submissions and comments. We scold some for violating the guidelines, and we bless others. Can we sometimes be more relaxed about what is submitted? If the answer is yes as you are indicating, can we make it this way all the time? Ultimately the evolving community here will make the final judgement. I just feel that the…

There a lot of members on HN who take themselves, and HN itself, far too seriously.

Lighten the hell up - the message between the lines is that many programming teams are heavier on process than they need to be.

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Post by ptn »

jedsmith wrote: post #68
davidw wrote: post #50

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Stop trying to be all boring and rational. We are busy ecstatically voting up an article in which Zed Shaw says "motherfucker!" numerous times, providing much mirth for all. Next up are funny cat pictures.

I know this goes against the old guard, but I'd much rather laugh at a post like this once in a while than have HN be serious and dry, every day, every submission. That's never going to happen, but I haven't gotten as much amusement out of a HN item and its threads in a long time, and that's of value to me. It's an outright tragedy that any lighthearted submission immediately brings out people replying "flagged!" and…

I bet pg upvoted

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Post by CamperBob »

jacoblyles wrote: post #195
charlief wrote: post #100

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I liked the article, I just hate the inconsistency here on HN when it comes to humorous/evocative submissions and comments. We scold some for violating the guidelines, and we bless others. Can we sometimes be more relaxed about what is submitted? If the answer is yes as you are indicating, can we make it this way all the time? Ultimately the evolving community here will make the final judgement. I just feel that the…

>>>Can we sometimes be more relaxed about what is submitted? That path leads to http://www.reddit.com

And what's wrong with that? If I don't like what I'm reading on Reddit, I move on to the next comment, story, or subreddit.

Reddit does a better job at support a diverse community of interests and personalities than any single Web forum in the history of computing, IMHO. It could be the next Usenet if it received the funding and infrastructure it deserves.

I honestly do not get all the hating on Reddit that takes place on here.

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