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0 pointsbostonpete13y ago0 comments

> I can't downvote you, but...I wouldn't anyway. I'd rather people have misconceptions...

Diego has been on HN over 5 years and has enough karma to be able to downvote 10 times over. Dismissing his comment as a misconception of how HN works seems a bit ridiculous on your part. His observation is a legitimate one -- if there are no real limits on what material is appropriate, then how do we define ourselves as a community in a way that helps newcomers understand what is appropriate and how our litmus test differs from other sites?

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kunai13y ago· 1 in thread

Legitimate it may be, and by no means is this the most shining example of a good article, but it's not spam or anything like what is usually on the homepage of Reddit.

> if there are no real limits on what material is appropriate, then how do we define ourselves as a community

Let me stop you right there. There is a limit on appropriate material; in fact, it's from pg himself, and I included it in my original comment. The article in question qualifies as appropriate material, which is where diego is incorrect.

Even experienced people are not infallible; everyone makes mistakes.

bostonpeteOP13y ago

> There is a limit on appropriate material...and I included it in my original comment.

I'm sorry, but I don't buy it -- "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity" is not a limit at all as it can be extended to literally everything depending on where each person's curiosity lies.

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