[dang]

This sort of heated rant makes for a bad HN comment, regardless of how correct your views are. It leads to flamewars, which we don't want here, so please don't post like this.

Even if you took out the rantiness, the comment is still too generic to actually be saying anything. So to convert it to a good HN comment, you would need to both de-flamebait it and add information (e.g. specific examples).

[catshirt]

i enjoyed the conviction.

[revscat]

There is far too much conviction in the world. One of the reasons HN is so enjoyable is that the discussions tend to avoid the heat that you can find just about anywhere else.

[iak8god]

> There is far too much conviction in the world.

Are you sure? :)

[dang]

I can appreciate that, but empirically we know from long experience that such comments lead to downward spirals. That's why the site guidelines are the way they are; it isn't to dampen conviction.

[catshirt]

so, if i'd noticed you were dang before i responded i probably wouldn't have. only because i was trying to form a consensus. i didn't realize the consensus was being explained to me. :)

[dang]

Not sure I know what you mean but I'm glad you responded—I like it when people respond :)

[catshirt]

i appreciate your rational/educational/hands-on style of guiding culture.

so i was trying to say, without sounding like a pushover, that i may not have responded in fear of undermining your hard work.

cheers & thanks sir!