[dang]

"Don't be snarky."

"Eschew flamebait."

Please stick to the site guidelines, no matter how wrong another commenter is or you feel they are. If we all work together we can avoid flamewar hell, which will keep HN interesting, which is in all of our interests.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[bussierem]

Not that I necessarily condone the parent, but to be fair dang, the GP probably deserves the same reply at the very least.

[dang]

I don't see it as quite over the same line. There's something about the snark in the comment I replied to which is a degree worse. The GP was baity but I don't see it as snarky. But I suppose it's close enough that different people could reasonably make a different call.

[Method-X]

Hey dang. Just want to say I think the new community guidelines are great and you’re doing a good job moderating HN. I stopped coming here for a long time because it seemed every comment was snarky. Everyone was just so rude to each other. I’ve noticed that has dramatically improved! So, thank you.

[dang]

Thanks for saying so—that's encouraging!