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> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.

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Please stop before wading so far out into the weeds.

> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.

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(We've detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19825584)

Could you please post thoughtfully and informatively instead?

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Please stop posting unsubstantively. You've been doing it a lot, and eventually we ban accounts that won't follow the guidelines by posting thoughtfully and informatively.

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> Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents.

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No, not nearly all! But we do read a boatload of comments.

So it should. Thanks!

Thanks! We've updated the link from http://blog.steveklabnik.com/posts/2010-07-17-what-to-know-b....

Discussed last year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17216536.

I had the same reaction. Done!

> If you exchanged the races, this articles seems like it could have been written by a Klansman.

This counts as flamebait because it doesn't teach us anything substantive and there's no question as to its flaminess. Could you please leave out this sort of thing?

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What's really at it again is the “Wolfram and his ego...” comment. If it's so static then we don't need to mention it.

It's alright to flag stories (and hold off on commenting) if you feel they're getting more than their fair share of coverage.

Thanks! Updated.

Since you mostly just break the guidelines here we've banned the account. We'd like to unban you if you'd email hn@ycombinator.com and commit to using this site as intended.

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If you post like this again we'll ban you. Could you please review the guidelines?

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We've banned both this and your other account.

You can use an older version of the same codebase here: http://arclanguage.org.

Noted; thanks!

Could you please just post thoughtfully and informatively?

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We'd prefer to hear some of your more substantive thoughts, please.

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No more “So you're saying...” please. It's never true.

> Had to comment on all the FUD being spread in these comments.

You can leave this sort of thing out in order to both strengthen your own points and improve the quality of discussion here. Winning all-round.

Yes, thanks! We've updated the link from https://www.redhat.com/profiles/rh/themes/redhatdotcom/img/l....

Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19713197.

OK, we've done that now!

Not at all; in fact I've just penalized WSJ since the paywall workarounds seem to work only intermittently (and more rarely lately).

We've updated the article from https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-gets-a-new-look-less-b..., but we're happy to update it again if someone can suggest a better source.

You've ignored our repeated requests not to break the guidelines so we've banned the account.

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Would you please stop breaking the guidelines? We ban accounts that won't.

> Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html