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I love this. Absolutely love it. I've always kind of dismissed comments as mostly empty white noise on the internet, and have never figured out why so many CMS

by jorsh 17y ago

I love this. Absolutely love it. I've always kind of dismissed comments as mostly empty white noise on the internet, and have never figured out why so many CMS systems/Blogging software/Web apps/etc are so eager to add comments to EVERYTHING. Give me the content, I can form my own thoughts on it, and if I actually feel like my thoughts are worthwhile for reading I can publish them myself.

aaronbrethorst 17y ago
You just added a comment to a story. How is your comment on HN not exactly what you're dismissive of?
- jorsh 17y ago
  YES I REALIZE THE IRONY HERE I will admit HN is one of those rare sites with a pretty good signal to noise ratio in comments.
  - qjz 17y ago
    There is no irony here. This is a discussion forum. If I check out a book from the library, I don't want to see comments scribbled in the margins, but I'm more than happy to join a lively discussion about it on HN or reddit.