civility

First, we aim for a really high level of civility here.

"Which brings us to the most important principle on HN: civility.

It contradicts the definition of civility to say that the root cause of it is things that annoy you.

It's about civility and making an effort to write comments to a higher standard.

This seems to be increasing civility, and discouraging quick quips.

In these sort of arguments I don't really understand why civility in and of itself is valued.

Rather than remaining silent, I let people know I'm happy to engage when we trend towards civility.

"I believe in civility and courtesy in many areas, and Linus doesn't phrase things exactly as I would.

I finally get to meet this HR exec and I am so mentally tired and angry that I just barely manage to maintain my civility.

But Civil Disobedience means that you put civility -- the willingness to not fight -- at the same level as your moral outrage.

I truly believe that you had good intentions posting that, but what you said makes it look like you're prioritizing being the civility police higher than helping a frustrated user.

Her actions were objectively ridiculous and harmful to both general civility and gender relations in the community.

Was I the only one who saw the irony that the author asking for civility didn't even make it one paragraph without having a dig at people who use the word "fanboi" by calling them faux hipsters?