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Directing a pejorative at an entire entity (org or individual) is probably name-calling, which the HN guidelines ask you not to do, but I'd say it depends on the context. If it's embedded in a clearly thoughtful comment, it might be fine. If it's embedded in a ranty-indig comment, it's a problem. The first three bits of your comment are the latter, so even without the swipe at the end, it's still a bad HN comment.

You clearly have a substantive point based on experience, which you could phrase thoughtfully if you wanted to. Then it would be a much better contribution—readers would learn more and you wouldn't be starting a fire. I realize that putting aside the pyrotechnics takes away some of the fun of the internet but (a) there are compensating rewards and (b) it's a tradeoff we all have to commit to in order to keep HN alive.



Ok.

(Btw: I very nearly missed your comment. I think HN needs an "unread-messages/replies" box like on Reddit.)


We're planning to implement that.




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