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"Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html





Funnily enough it generated the most interesting subthread of this submission.

Even if that's true - let's assume that it is - moderation has to go by the expected outcome. In this case the expected outcome is certainly a flamewar.

A bad hand does still win the pot sometimes, but that doesn't make it the right play!




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