Having Trouble Posting

christina

I am having some trouble seeing my responses to a post after refreshing an article (but they still show up in the right-hand sidebar). Anyone else having this problem? I am using Firefox 16.0.2. Is this a bug or a "feature" (I think some of us are all too aware of the sometimes blurry distinction...)?

I hate this feature with an abiding hatred.

If I made code contributions to LW, reading this would make me associate sad thoughts with that work, and I would be less likely to do it as much. Maybe we could be more encouraging to the nice people who provide us with this free service? I mean, still point out things that could work better, but without the emotionally charged hyperbole.

I cannot fathom how this comment can be so downvoted. Snarky remarks do hurt, and pointing that out is necessary. Placing the duty to be charitable on the receiver is one of the primary failure modes of communication. I do understand that both LW and programmers draw an above average amount of their demographics from non-NT people, but rejecting the reality of emotions in the majority (even in the programmers group) will not improve anyone's experiences.

7Error13y

Are you a programmer? I and most of the programmers I've been in contact with (at least from the hacker subculture, not the corporate software engineering types) seem to prefer the blunt and hyperbolic criticism so long as it's informative.

1NancyLebovitz13y

I might be more careful in my phrasing in the future, though I'll note that your opinion is pretty hypothetical. Most of my take is that I keep getting told that there are no resources for site development, so it doesn't seem as though what I say (and what I said was not especially nasty) is likely to make much difference.