This is a recipe for disaster. Please don’t follow Crocker’s Rules; just get better at communicating than the person who wrote this.

Your comment declares your opinion without explanation, and so lacks substance and is unpersuasive as written. More information would help HN readers evaluate your claims fairly rather than dismiss you. In specific, I’d love to hear your views on these questions so I can give you serious consideration:

> This is a recipe for disaster.

What about Crocker’s Rules, and/or this post’s advice to follow them, do you consider a recipe for disaster?

> Please don’t follow Crocker’s Rules;

What outcome are you hoping will result from granting your request? Do you have personal experiences with Crocker’s Rules underpinning this advice? Do you tend to experience social discomfort typically, atypically, or infrequently / never?

> just get better at communicating than the person who wrote this

Other than the presumed adherence to Crocker’s Rules in writing this, which is addressed by the questions above, do you have other criticisms of their writing to present? What communication ideals do you consider as better models than Crocker’s Rules? Do you consider there to exist appropriate circumstances for Crocker’s Rules?