[autoreleasepool]

I fail to understand how the burden of a clunky outdated web app should be the end users problem.

You may be able to spot a 90's style perl-based web app but some of us are much younger and in a different field than web development.

I don't think it's worth shaming OP and HN for using the Internet as intended. The real problem seems to be that Debian is using outdated technology for their bug tracker.

[oliwarner]

Using the Internet as intended? You're making an assumption that every webserver is intended to be swamped by a load of people who have very little interest in (here) discussing or fixing a bug. That's what the webapp here is for.

Given that we're quite a technical group of people and this was a submission about something that is even more populated by technical people I just expected a little more common sense.

And no, this isn't just to help Debian. When you share a link and inadvertently kill off their server the people trying to read the story you shared suffer too.

Linking to static stuff is better for everybody.

[autoreleasepool]

I made no such assumption. I made a standalone claim. Sharing a link is using the Internet as intended. There are no assumptions needed.

> I just expect a little more common sense

I understand where you're coming from. But, speaking personally, everything you said was news to me. This field is more diverse than you suggest. You might want to consider we're not all Linux users and we're not all web developers or administrators.

Even if we have us experiences in those areas in th past, maybe it's been a while. Maybe we're tired and not thinking straight. Maybe it's not our problem so we're not even thinking about it? The point is, you're expecting too much from people.

> Linking to static suff is better for everybody

So I still think scolding users is an ineffective way to solve an infrastructure problem. I can't imagine a scenario where that would work out successfully.