>>gaika+(OP)
allow me to summarize: giles bowkett is impolite on social sites such as this one, therefore they're all doomed. also, there are people on the internet that cause him trouble, like tim bray and cory doctorow.
whew, such a heady brew of straight-up TRVTH that guy is dishing out. i'm still reeling from the force of it.
>>gaika+71
I think you missed the point, too. There are no mistakes for Hacker News to avoid -- the devolution of the site is inevitable. Sooner or later the trolls will take over, and we'll all move to some new site, who will promise to be better than Hacker News. This has all happened before, and it will all happen again.