Comment by sterlind
1 year ago
You should consider adding IPD specifically to the HN guidelines. It's not mentioned.
It seems you've sometimes considered it a kind of personal attack, but I certainly didn't intend it to be one here - I mentioned it out of genuine concern for the poster's well-being.
I believe you! The problem is that intent is invisible and what really matters in the threads is not intent, but effects. The IPD thing just has reliably bad effects, so it's best to avoid.
We can't add things like that to the guidelines because there are too many of them. I posted a bit about this yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38620847 - if it helps at all.