top | item 34186119 (no title) ngoilapites | 3 years ago [flagged] discuss order hn newest AnimalMuppet|3 years ago At a minimum, it's a personal attack, which is against the site rules. It's also off-topic, in a way that's likely to hijack the thread.But, yes, the negative emotional charge in that short a post is getting pretty close to flamewar. ngoilapites|3 years ago OK I see your points, still, a personal opinion (he disgusted me) is not an attack. The real world is not off topic. And using violent words like "hijack" to describe an online conversation seems to me inadequate. load replies (1)
AnimalMuppet|3 years ago At a minimum, it's a personal attack, which is against the site rules. It's also off-topic, in a way that's likely to hijack the thread.But, yes, the negative emotional charge in that short a post is getting pretty close to flamewar. ngoilapites|3 years ago OK I see your points, still, a personal opinion (he disgusted me) is not an attack. The real world is not off topic. And using violent words like "hijack" to describe an online conversation seems to me inadequate. load replies (1)
ngoilapites|3 years ago OK I see your points, still, a personal opinion (he disgusted me) is not an attack. The real world is not off topic. And using violent words like "hijack" to describe an online conversation seems to me inadequate. load replies (1)
AnimalMuppet|3 years ago
But, yes, the negative emotional charge in that short a post is getting pretty close to flamewar.
ngoilapites|3 years ago