A search for dang and for the word nastiness turns up many results of him asking people to stop being unpleasant.<p>Most relevant:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9658134" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9658134</a><p>&gt; Responding to nastiness with more nastiness is the surest way to destroy HN. The way to help is to gently point out that we all need to follow the site guidelines.<p>But there are very many others.