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I'm not scolding, I'm explaining what happened. The post uses the word "abuse" for something that was the expected outcome.

It's like saying "my motorbike was stolen" when you let the key in the ignition for a day in the favelas. What did you expect exactly?

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There's a pattern in your comments of being snarky. Explaining what happened is fine, but on HN we're trying for curious conversation, and we clearly ask for kindness and to avoid swipes and other kinds of negativity towards other commenters.

It may be that the words you're writing don't seem so snarky when they're just being formulated in your mind; that's a common pitfall with online discussion forums. Please try to more thoughtful about how your words come across.

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