There are plenty of critical comments. The sort we want to avoid is shallow negativity, because it's the opposite of curiosity.
Another way to look at this is that we want reflective comments rather than reflexive ones*. Reflex means predictable and predictable means tedious. Tedium is really what we're trying to avoid on HN—not criticisms of monarchy. I'd have thought that was painfully obvious, but I realize it's neither so obvious nor so painful to people who don't deal with it full time.
dang|3 years ago
Another way to look at this is that we want reflective comments rather than reflexive ones*. Reflex means predictable and predictable means tedious. Tedium is really what we're trying to avoid on HN—not criticisms of monarchy. I'd have thought that was painfully obvious, but I realize it's neither so obvious nor so painful to people who don't deal with it full time.
* https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
aa-jv|3 years ago
If we can't communicate about it, the tedium never leaves.