Ask HN: Heated discussion or flamewar? Where is the line drawn?

3 pointsSystemic331 comment

After reading the discussion [1] whether there is an anti-microsoft conspiracy on HN, with pg joining in about how the flamewar-trigger was set off, it got me wondering where the line is drawn between a heated discussion and a flamewar?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6596038

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If you're looking to learn what the algo rules are, you're probably not going to get a completely public response. And why should you expect one? The minute the "rules" are published, some clever so-and-so while change their behavior so that they do bad things without getting caught.

Maybe you could try sending pg an email?

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