How to Respond to Hostile Comments

I have seen some cases online like even on like hacker news where you know someone responds to some like someone post something kind of nasty and mean spirited. It's usually more like the person keeps being a jerk or just like doesn't engage again. There's also an element of it's one thing if somebody's already a known participant. I think it's totally reasonable in that case to be like, okay, you know, hey, what are you doing? Just like, you're nice. In that case, I'm like, well, feel more justified in spending the time on that because this person's a known quantity. And as long as they're contributing to a project Andrew Kelly says