[austenallred]

Facebook doesn't want to encourage contention and negative emotions? Seems logical to me.

You remember how you feel when you use a product. When I comment on HN I feel like I'm standing before a military tribunal that is trying to pick apart everything I say and find a way to disagree with it. When I use Facebook I feel nothing but love and appreciation from the people I know and care about.

You may think that's lame or that you're above that, but I deal with enough shit in the rest of my life that I don't mind having a cushy place online to communicate with the people who care about me. And I'll even put up with Buzzfeed and email-forward-worthy garbage to do so.

On a macro scale I think that's something the world needs badly. I think most people could do with a little more love and positivity in their lives.

[plaguuuuuu]

>trying to pick apart everything I say and find a way to disagree with it.

We're totally not.

[Mz]

Ironically, you are so proving his point for him.

[monkey_slap]

That's the joke.

[Mz]

I was aware it was potentially a joke. HN is mostly not very welcoming of jokes and that sort of joke, where the point is to irritate someone expressing their frustration, is a type that I think is mostly not nice and generally does not work well on a large forum. It can be an okay thing in a small group of trusted friends. Even in small groups, the odds are high that it amounts to just assholery and disrespect. It gets worse the larger the group.

So, I think it still merely proves the point being made above it, regardless of its supposed intent to be funny at someone's expense.