A real person, a lot like you

Hiya Slowpoke. You seem to be new to HN. That's cool. We're very much unlike some other Internet communities which you've spent time on. In particular, we place a wee bit of emphasis on treating people like they are people, even when interacting with them over HTTP. My name is Patrick. Pleased to meet you. I run a business which helps teach little kids to read, and spend a lot of time on HN as my hobby. A lot of HNers know me, have spoken to me, or have shaken my hand in person, because I'm a fairly personable guy. Most do not say "Hello Patrick, pleased to meet you, I don't give half a fuck whether you starve to death." That would be a wee bit uncouth. We have guidelines here for the community's consensus on talking to each other: link I'd also like to leave you with a video from Derek Sivers, who also happens to be a HNer. I think the lesson is rather important. this video

Derek Sivers makes a somewhat more extensive comment on the same point in "Anything You Want". There's a nice three-and-a-half-minute video based on it [1]. [1] this video