> Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.
> Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.
> Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That destroys intellectual curiosity, which is what the site exists for.
Perhaps I'm just an old man yelling about "back in the day," but on these axis I feel HN is trending downward.