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It may be this one: http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html I do see pg's reasoning here, but I don't necessarily
by j_baker 17y ago
It may be this one: http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html
I do see pg's reasoning here, but I don't necessarily know that I agree 100%. Yes, it's true that longer comments are likely to have more thought put into them. And that shorter comments are likely to have less thought put into them. However, I oftentimes find that making my comments brief takes more thought than writing a long comment.
After all, as pg also says, succinctness is power: http://www.paulgraham.com/power.html http://www.paulgraham.com/power.html