Lesson from HN: Self-regulating communities

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"... 'Wow. You make an incredible amount of bad assumptions' that only insult and don't offer a counter-point, it shows a downside of a self-regulating community. And in this case, it also shows a downside of allowing complete anonymity of a user in a community. ..."

You are right.

Ad Hominem (HD1) isn't warranted, nor is the tone (HD2) ~ http://paulgraham.com/disagree.html Nobody bothered to point out the guidelines (bottom menubar, 5th along) which give hints especially on replying to comments. Also nobody bothered to point out "How to disagree" ~ http://paulgraham.com/disagree.html or "Trolls" ~ http://paulgraham.com/trolls.html both useful to read and understand.

Stick around, read, post useful articles and don't be afraid to thoughtfully comment.

Thanks for the links -- I wish I had seen that stuff earlier. I certainly wasn't expecting a "welcome package" :) when joining Hacker News, but maybe there's a better way to share ground rules with new members, beyond the self-regulation? Maybe when you create an account, it takes you to "here are the 5 main norms" page and then you can start posting?

"... Maybe when you create an account, it takes you to "here are the 5 main norms" page and then you can start posting? ..."

HN user @epi0Bauqu (Gabriel Weinberg) also has just the thing - a list of quality topics for all new users to read ~ http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/startupswiki/Ask_YC_Archive

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