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"The most important principle on HN, though, is to make thoughtful comments. Thoughtful in both senses: both civil and substantial.

Empty comments can be ok if they're positive. There's nothing wrong with submitting a comment saying just 'Thanks.' What we especially discourage are comments that are empty and negative—comments that are mere name-calling."

-- http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html

"If there's one social norm I'd love for HN, it would be 'If you build things, we're on your side.'"

-- patio11

"[...] it should be a norm of HN that criticisms be kept constructive, and that the community should have a default position of supporting entrepreneurship (and, more generally, of supporting attempts to build anything) [...]"

-- tptacek

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