Its really sad that you took the time to write this explanation, when a significant percentage of the folks who responded to it don't even seem to have read it.
They just went right back to arguing their positions in a manner that doesn't even begin to respond to the points that you made.
Sure, some of them clearly did read it, but I think they are outnumbered by the people who either didn't read it or didn't understand.
It would be great if they took your advice and refocused their efforts on coming up with a solution to this:
>the increasing prevalence of mean and stupid comments
It would be a tough problem to solve, but it would make HN a much stronger community, and a much better place to hang out.
They just went right back to arguing their positions in a manner that doesn't even begin to respond to the points that you made.
Sure, some of them clearly did read it, but I think they are outnumbered by the people who either didn't read it or didn't understand.
It would be great if they took your advice and refocused their efforts on coming up with a solution to this:
>the increasing prevalence of mean and stupid comments
It would be a tough problem to solve, but it would make HN a much stronger community, and a much better place to hang out.