The impression I get is that hackers consider the information benefit of allowing it to be worth the collateral damage to potential developers, for more or less the same reasons that people use Crocker's Rules. That is only an impression; I am near to, but not part of, said culture, and cannot speak for it.
Upvoted for the concrete example.
(something about the echo in your first line makes me feel like my phrasing offended you. For purposes of debugging my social module, I would appreciate it if you confirm or deny that.)
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...)?