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I don’t really know what you’re talking about or how it’s relevant (I know you’re referring to an incident that happened outside of HN).

The guidelines clearly ask us to “be kind” and to not “fulminate”. Your comment was flagged by several community members so there’s a pretty strong consensus that it’s not what we want on HN.

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That's...wow. What an absolutely disappointing reply.

If "be kind" is an actual value of HN I have yet to see it in almost 15 years of being active on this forum. This community is generally speaking not kind and fulminating is de rigeur as far as I've been able to surmise.

But whatever. I won't bother you or anyone else on here anymore. Good riddance.

You’re disappointed to discover after 15 years that we expect people to try to be kind and to avoid fulmination? I’m not sure what kind of forum you want this to be, but the guidelines have been pretty consistent about those things for much or all of that time, as has the approach to moderation. Yes people breach the guidelines all the time. That doesn’t stop us reminding people of them and continuing to aim for better. You’re always welcome here if you respect the community and want to make the effort to respect the guidelines.

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