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Comment by Smithalicious | Hacker News Reader

If you try to order more than 3 items or break any of these other bizarre rules you get blacklisted for months

He sounds like a cunt who gets off on making a cult out of holding this entire hobby hostage

The "order more than 3 items" sounds to me like he's dealt with resellers before and doesn't want to.

The example of his email given seemed polite, if brusque. Demanding someone operate the way we want them to on our terms is a bit self-centered.

Well said. It would be dishonest to phrase it more politely.

That is a bit strong, probably could have made the same statement without the first few words of the second paragraph.

This type of language isn’t why I read hacker news everyday - please try and be a bit more eloquent with the points you’d like to make in the future.

I feel like he uses the exact words needed to get his point across clearly and concisely. Using expletives effectively is part of being eloquent.

> This type of language isn’t why I read hacker news everyday

Scroll past it then? Doesn't seem like a big hardship.

Or just post your fluff on reddit like everyone else.

HN is only useful because of its tone.

Just to be clear, I don’t disagree with the tone, the position this person has taken, or the strength for which they communicate their position.

But it is 100% achievable without using derogatory, inflammatory profanities.