Comment by dang
4 days ago
What was incorrect (to use your word) in your posts in this thread was your misalignment with the intended spirit of the site. You responded with generic/shallow objections to someone's creative work. That's one of the failure modes of internet discussion, which is why both the HN guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html) and the Show HN guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html) ask commenters not to do this.
It's true that the repliers crossed into the red as well, but fundamentally that's a healthy immune response going a little too far.
dang - thanks for being the incredible mod that you are. Genuinely hoping you one day write a book or give a talk on effective communication. Your words, even when they amount to "dude, you screwed up", are always informative and inspiring.
Thanks for the kind reply! I'm always surprised when people react so nicely to one of those. It lands, and I appreciate it.