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Comment by alanh | Hacker News Reader

did you really just paste a viral tweet here without attribution? :/

Help me out with the attribution please, I couldn't find it. (clarification: It came by as an image maybe a month ago on probably my facebook feed, searched but couldn't find the specifics, so wrote up my recollection because it brought up a good point related to HR Block and Intuit lobbying against free options)

I saw it first here — https://twitter.com/jordan_stratton/status/11181414550616719...

It doesn't add anything to the discussion either. Might be against HN's rules.

Edit: not in line with the guidelines at least

First paragraph

> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive,

> Eschew flamebait.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I'd flag, but I don't see the option.

I honestly don't see it. I wouldn't call it unkind or snarky, I wouldn't call it flamebait. It's funny, it brings to light a, I would say significant, problem with the system we have. One of those "It's funny but it makes you think" situations. And it's sparked quite a bit of thoughtful comment.

Help me understand.

Oh yeah I misunderstood the definition of flamebait. It did create discussion (mostly about how you were inaccurate/wrong), but it itself wasnt very thoughtful. You used rhetoric/mocked to stir up people's feelings which puts down opposing views and makes them seem like nonsense even if they are logical arguments, just like reddit. I don't find it HN-worthy

Flagging requires karma > 30. Then you can click on a comment's timestamp to go to its page, where you'll find a 'flag' link.

Ty, didn't know about the karma

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