The comment I responded to advocates for a world where this forum would never have existed. I could have been less snarky, but I am genuinely mystified how someone could have posted such a thoughtless and unsubstantiated comment and seemingly not even realized it.
"Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.
Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.
Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html