> Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation.
> When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. "That is an idiotic thing to say; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."
I personally don't mind, but a lot of people have been complaining about HN being aggressive lately, and I fear that kind of comments makes it worse.
Re your other comments: for someone busy working 100%, how did you get time to create an account specifically to answer to this thread? http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=nixygirl
Also, let me remind you a few of the HN guidelines (source: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html)
> Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation.
> When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. "That is an idiotic thing to say; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."
I personally don't mind, but a lot of people have been complaining about HN being aggressive lately, and I fear that kind of comments makes it worse.