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Comment by Pxtl | Hacker News Reader

Heh, geek blog effect. Reddit et al have created some very bad habits of dialogue, such as assuming the subject of a link isn't reading it. And being nasty with candor.

I still remember the time I said something impolite about David Brin. Brin took offense and replied.

I'm actually a huge fan of David Brin. That sucked.

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@asymetric - I am not an engineer, I don't know how a lot of these things work. Rather than critique, I would appreciate a better analogy that I can use in the future

HN tries to avoid that kind of rudeness, but it happens. Like I said, geeks can get bad habits from the locker-room culture online. You'll notice that your critic's posts are gradually fading to grey thanks to all the downvotes he's accumulating (established users get a downvote button).

I'm not sure where you go the idea that pseudo-celebs and IT managers are immune to stupidity or posting stupid articles. There's always an element of "who cares if my content sucks, lets just get it done" when posting bloggy stuff, and it's pretty apparent here.

Calling EXIF "back end stuff" is pretty stupid, I don't care if the author's ego is bigger than that statement, it's still true. The article might as well be how many apples fit in a bag or how long is a string.

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/37048520.jpg

edit: I'm aware of the irony in criticizing online geek culture and then bringing out a foul-mouthed meme pic.

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