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Retric · 2024-11-09T00:31:12 1731112272

At first I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt, but upon reflection I deleted that comment as pointless.

Your behavior is simply unworthy of attempting an intellectual discussion.

MichaelZuo · 2024-11-09T13:11:18 1731157878

Alright then leave, I’m not going to substantially engage with someone trying to deceive readers.

Edit: Consider yourself lucky I’m not requesting a mod to ban this account ‘Retric’ for deception.

Retric · 2024-11-09T16:57:00 1731171420

That’s not how things operate here. Note how your complaint isn’t in the guidelines. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

The site encourages people to delete unproductive comments that haven’t been responding to as it improves the reading experiences for 3rd parties. Which is one of the reasons there’s a big old delete button and you can edit posts for a full hour.

Adding “Edit:” is important for clarity when a post has been responded to, without that it’s just clutter.

MichaelZuo · 2024-11-09T18:08:26 1731175706

I’m not going to substantially engage with you. Period.

Retric · 2024-11-12T01:06:30 1731373590

You never did meaningfully engage anywhere in the thread.

That’s the issue.

Looking at your posting history, I’m not convinced you’re capable of meaningful dialogue.

MichaelZuo · 2024-11-13T12:55:36 1731502536

Nobody’s going to trust the word of a proven deceiver… but if you want to burn away your account then I won’t stop you.