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Personally I've never understood the "if you don't like it you can fk off!" response to constructive criticism.

The response makes perfect sense when the constructive criticism will never be taken into account.

If it's not a community then it shouldn't have usernames, a comments section, or trackable karma. Just reduce it to submitting and voting on links.

Bah. The site's owners can bite my shiny /etc/hosts file. I'm sure they won't miss me at all.

If we're not a community, why not remove the ability to comment altogether?

We have community guidelines, for crying out loud.