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I think the problem is when people start commenting for the sake of commenting... And the more polluted your user base the more likely that is to happen. I mea
by thehigherlife 19y ago
I think the problem is when people start commenting for the sake of commenting... And the more polluted your user base the more likely that is to happen. I mean, i'm not going to lie, i know very little about programming but i do find interest in reading the stories and comments regardless of my own inability to code. I knew that i had nothing to bring to the table to that conversation, so i minded my own business and tried to be a good observer. Once the user-base becomes to crowded people get a false sense of entitlement, not necessarily because they feel like the have the right to comment, but that they need to comment. I feel that if a social news site is going to succeed they have to find a way to curb that need as the community grows.
- raganwald 19y ago> I think the problem is when people start commenting for the sake of commenting... Commenting is hard, let's go shopping! http://reddit.com/user/consultant_barbie http://reddit.com/user/consultant_barbie
- Xichekolas 19y agoSadly I am kind of amused at that consistent record. People pick strange things to excel at, and I'm pretty sure that guy is unique.
- raganwald 19y agoIt was amusing for me the first few times I saw it, then irritating, then amusing again when he(?) actually quoted some Haskell. However, what I found interesting is not so much whether there are novelty comments like that, but rather the ratio of novelty comments to on-topic comments. It seemed rather extreme at the time I posted this: AFAICT, none of the reddit comments were on-topic, they were all attempts to make jokes. Just an observation really, who am I to tell people whether my own posts provoke any sort of technical discussion?