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The first and second paragraphs seem to contradict each other. Comments (and previously blogs, but not so much anymore) can have more insight than news article
by dilemma 10y ago
The first and second paragraphs seem to contradict each other.
Comments (and previously blogs, but not so much anymore) can have more insight than news articles because they're based on first hand experience. Journalists don't have that, and the organization they work for often has problematic incentives which they push onto the writer.
HN comments are indeed very terse, to the point of being unfriendly. It bothered me at first but now I'm used to the style and sort of like it.
- scwoodal 10y agoI'm guessing the author tried to convey a stereotype about the comments in the first paragraph. Then tried to debunk that stereotype in the rest of the post. There definitely could of been a sentence or two to help transition between the two as it felt odd to me as well.
- maxerickson 10y agoThe post is dismissive of the value of the majority of the comments, it just thinks there are some that are worthwhile. It also suggests moving that content off of HN (or at least replicating it elsewhere).
- jdherg 10y ago> The first and second paragraphs seem to contradict each other. The assertions that "HN comments are terrible" and "I haven’t found a public internet forum with better technical commentary" don't seem contradictory to me if you allow the implication that all other (known-to-Dan) public internet forums have technical commentary that's at best also terrible.