that's not what happened. if you click the link you included, your "self-respect?" comment isn't on that thread at all. because it was a reply to my comment. you're intentionally misrepresenting what happened.
let me point out how you "slipped" and took a "rude swipe" - you don't play by your own rules.
i made a post, you replied to me just saying "self-respect?" implying that i had none.
how can you just drop insulting comments like that on people who are just participating in conversation? two words, no explanation, just plain rude.
Isn't your "self-respect?" comment in bad-faith, given your own rules?
"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."
"Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."
From the New Yorker profile of you:
"They treat their community like an encounter group or Esalen workshop; often, they correspond with individual Hacker News readers over e-mail, coaching and encouraging them in long, heartfelt exchanges."
Is that just BS? What was encouraging or heartfelt about your response to me?
let me point out how you "slipped" and took a "rude swipe" - you don't play by your own rules.
i made a post, you replied to me just saying "self-respect?" implying that i had none.
how can you just drop insulting comments like that on people who are just participating in conversation? two words, no explanation, just plain rude.
Isn't your "self-respect?" comment in bad-faith, given your own rules?
"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."
"Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."
From the New Yorker profile of you:
"They treat their community like an encounter group or Esalen workshop; often, they correspond with individual Hacker News readers over e-mail, coaching and encouraging them in long, heartfelt exchanges."
Is that just BS? What was encouraging or heartfelt about your response to me?