[mattbrewsbytes]

That's exactly my point - he is forcing changes to be made (turn off microservices) without understanding what they do or why they are there - its from the viewpoint of "we don't need all those microservices, its bloat and does nothing for users".

[dekhn]

It's sort of like watching somebody learn about Chesterton's fence for the first time.

[dekhn]

Dang contacted me out of band regaridng this comment and I'll say here what I said there:

I stand by my comments. It kind of looks like you're sympathetic to Musk here.

What Musk is doing is abnormal and needs to be condemned in the most effective way possible. I have determined that occasionally making short statements that are entirely technically correct is the most effective way to do so. I do so in good faith with the goal of this site having high quality comments. This sort of policing seems quite wrong to an experienced Internet user- some of my one-liner comments on the net from the 1980s and 90s can still be found.

[gopher_space]

Did he want more verbiage? “GIGO” is an acceptable comment if it’s applicable and that’s only four characters.

[dekhn]

Yes, he clarified. He wants people who are writing comments in good faith to show more intent (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33623956)

I read that exchange and I knew exactly what the first comment meant and didn't have to read the longer explanation. I've been on the internet for 30+ years and have learned how to have subtle and enjoyable conversations and how to extract the meaning and feeling behind short comments. I don't want this site to be pages and pages of pages-long comments saying little.