> Delvarworld's tone strayed into territory I don't think remains civil
> violates community norms I'd like to uphold
> I don't feel that I can be helpful when people approach with sarcasm
> places like hackernews, where a playful, sometimes discouraging culture of dickitude is acceptable and encouraged
You definitely have the most ridiculously uptight worldview of anyone I've ever met. If you're expecting any more than a tiny fraction of the people who adopt Discourse to come anywhere near your norms of "civilized discourse," then you must not be very familiar with the interwebs.
> violates community norms I'd like to uphold
> I don't feel that I can be helpful when people approach with sarcasm
> places like hackernews, where a playful, sometimes discouraging culture of dickitude is acceptable and encouraged
You definitely have the most ridiculously uptight worldview of anyone I've ever met. If you're expecting any more than a tiny fraction of the people who adopt Discourse to come anywhere near your norms of "civilized discourse," then you must not be very familiar with the interwebs.