Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Yes it does, as long as the discussion doesn't veer into political questions, which can happen in surprising and dismaying ways at times.



But I find that to be true of every online forum I can think of, HN is no different.


No, explicit personal attacks are generally frowned on, here.


I haven't found that to be generally acceptable on Metafilter, but again, I haven't really frequented since the mathowie days.


That was a long time ago.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: