[dang]

We're going to add the Principle of Charity (http://philosophy.lander.edu/oriental/charity.html) to the HN guidelines as a way of emphasizing how badly comments like this break them.

If you assume that other people are stupid, nothing is easier than to conclude that they're stupid as well. This is good for attracting upvotes from others who feel the same way you do in the first place. But it's deeply bad for thoughtful discussion.

[tptacek]

1. You've been saying that for a long time. Do it! Is this a trickier task than I think it is? Can I do it for you?

2. Consider adding AGF at the same time:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith

Not all of WP's idioms are valuable, but there aren't many community management problems they haven't engaged with (and none of the ones they've missed apply to HN) and this is one of their better results.

Post-Dang HN has been pretty great. Thanks! Level it up again. :)