This Week in D

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On Monday, 30 November 2015 at 22:32:50 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> On Monday, 30 November 2015 at 21:52:34 UTC, Ola Fosheim 
> Grøstad wrote:
>> You have 3 seconds to convince a random visitor that the site 
>> is worth his/her time.
>
> That's basically why i use the word 'flamewar' - it fits into a 
> tweet while being pretty descriptive.
>
> Though, indeed, the meaning among hacker communities and other 
> parts of the internet is a bit different* so might as well 
> reword it on the front page (I do think the content inside 
> stands up pretty well though, and several of the posts match 
> 'flame' by either definition).
>
> * A flamewar among hackers doesn't need to be personal, 
> profane, or particularly insulting. Just invested, long, and 
> esoteric (which often appears pointless to those on the 
> outside).

I think it looked pretty pointless to people on the inside as well