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> If it takes someone with expert skills in computers almost a year to find a good password manager program, not to mention days worth of work importing into an
by r3bl 10y ago
> If it takes someone with expert skills in computers almost a year to find a good password manager program, not to mention days worth of work importing into and testing various solutions, what chance does your everyday computer user stand?
The reason why I hate these kinds of threads in IT communities is that we usually don't seem to talk about the issue(s) the article is referring to.
Take this one for example. There's much more discussion about what works for who than the actual content of the article. And then I followed an article linked in the comment here about getting 1Password to run on Linux. And at the bottom of the article there was a link to the HackerNews thread about that article. And the situation is exactly the same.
Out of 57 comments in that thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9091691 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9091691), only four are actually related to running 1Password on Linux, and none of them is actually related to someone actually trying the method from the article and sharing his/her experience. 53/57 comments are basically "I use X because of Y".
- OJFord 10y ago> The reason why I hate these kinds of threads in IT communities is that we usually don't seem to talk about the issue(s) the article is referring to ... comments are basically "I use X because of Y" I often come to these comments on articles like this precisely because I want to see if the knowledgable folks here suggest the product/service in the article, or if not something else (in the same space).
- mnm1 10y ago"The reason why I hate these kinds of threads in IT communities is that we usually don't seem to talk about the issue(s) the article is referring to." I clearly describe the issue: "a program that knows the right password, shows it to you, but then inputs the wrong one in the password field". This isn't a bugtracker. If you want details, I'll gladly supply them. But don't accuse me of not writing something that's clearly in my post.
- r3bl 10y agoI wasn't referring to your own comment, but to the discussions about password managers in general (hence, the usage of "we" instead of "you"). I apologize my comment led you to believe otherwise. I found your comment relevant to the discussion and went on trying to discuss how these threads in general might have something to do with us taking so long to chose a password manager.
- __jal 10y ago> The reason why I hate these kinds of threads in IT communities is that we usually don't seem to talk about the issue(s) the article is referring to. The reason why I hate these kinds of threads in IT communities is that they always devolve into criticism of what other people want to talk about.
- polotics 10y agoI recommend we adopt a /meta.. tag to identify posts that are just about posting.