"Sure, and in the above context they are less effective"
This is absolutely, 100% false. Do you have any sort of data to back this up?
"There is no evidence that changing the tone would make it more efficient and more effective, but there's evidence galore that the opposite would happen."
Again, completely, 100% could not be more incorrect.
Do you really think that just saying "X is true" makes it so?
"If someone cares more about the language or social niceties than about the correctitude of technical solutions they have no place in a technical community."
I'm not really sure its an issue of "more" one versus the other, but why can't you communicate with someone in a correct manner without screaming and swearing at them in all caps? Its not mutually exclusive that one can either talk like my grandmother or be a technical wiz.
This is probably the worst post I've ever seen on HN, and that's saying something. Every single point relies on evidence you seemed to make up in your head?
This is absolutely, 100% false. Do you have any sort of data to back this up?
"There is no evidence that changing the tone would make it more efficient and more effective, but there's evidence galore that the opposite would happen."
Again, completely, 100% could not be more incorrect.
Do you really think that just saying "X is true" makes it so?
"If someone cares more about the language or social niceties than about the correctitude of technical solutions they have no place in a technical community."
I'm not really sure its an issue of "more" one versus the other, but why can't you communicate with someone in a correct manner without screaming and swearing at them in all caps? Its not mutually exclusive that one can either talk like my grandmother or be a technical wiz.
This is probably the worst post I've ever seen on HN, and that's saying something. Every single point relies on evidence you seemed to make up in your head?