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by _doctor_love2 hours ago |
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upvoteby dang2 hours ago|
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Can we please focus on thoughtful conversation instead of importing the worst comments from other forums*?

Not to judge the feeling you express - we can all relate to that. But as an HN comment it's pretty well guaranteed to turn the thread away from good places.

(* I suppose I'm more sensitive about this since the episode I wrote about here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48427800 ("in one case I saw"))

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upvoteby tracerbulletx2 hours ago|
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Agreed. You've probably noticed this too, but I think 90% of the very dumb, mean spirited, and inflammatory things I see are from someone purporting to dunk on it, or refute it, or tell us how it made them mad. Its probably the main mechanism by which is spreads. I think a lot of people do it organically, but I also think coordinated marketing campaigns will intentionally post things as if they're in opposition because its such an effective mechanism of spreading it. TLDR rage bait is bad don't fall for it!
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upvoteby solid_fuel2 hours ago|
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I think the full text of that is even worse:

> You had my sympathy until you mentioned your healing. Now I know you were fired for being a pussy.

I was expecting some more substantial motivation for that but it's not even motivated by some weird disagreement about acceptable behavior at work, it's just this weird insanely toxic belief that taking care of yourself is "pussy behavior".

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upvoteby shevy-java2 hours ago|
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It's twitter right? Ever since a billionaire bought it it went downhill.
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upvoteby konart2 hours ago|
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This is host most of the internet is in general.
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upvoteby testfrequency2 hours ago|
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HN is slowly starting to feel this way also, sadly
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upvoteby verdverm2 hours ago|
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HN still has the best mods (official and community)

Also, see the last rule in the Guidelines

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upvoteby testfrequency2 hours ago|
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The one that says don’t compare HN to Reddit?

Said the HN community has become over time (sadly) more toxic like Twitter/X.

The moderation here is fine, though it can be questionable at times why there’s some post suppression on certain topics.

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