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by frofroggy 3906 days ago
I wonder if they chose the angry reaction to follow the nonviolent communication pattern: <emotion> due to <specific action leading to emotion> followed by <need hindered by action> followed by <specific request to meet the need>.

For example, "I felt angry when you wrote that any realistic web browser has to support Javascript. I have a need for using a text browser to bypass abuses of Javascript on websites with articles, so I would like you to view <specific article> with both w3m and Firefox."

The "dislike" action would not fit the nonviolent communication pattern.