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Good post. Since we're contributing taboos, here's my offering: Prolific commenters on Internet message boards tend to be less professionally capable and not m
by arjie 10y ago
Good post.
Since we're contributing taboos, here's my offering: Prolific commenters on Internet message boards tend to be less professionally capable and not more. High HN karma is evidence of poorer impulse control and time management, and most importantly, less time spent on the day job. For each person who is a prolific commenter, an identically appearing person who comments less is likely to be the better source of knowledge. Equally importantly, the perspective of these people is hopelessly skewed by the community they're in.
- elmigranto 10y agoSo if you get 3k karma from this comment, what would that mean? :)
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- nostrademons 10y agoNot sure if that's really a taboo, it's been commonly expressed on many Internet message boards, often self-referentially. I suspect it's actually more that the average commenter on a forum related to their field tends to be more skilled than the average worker in that field, because the average worker spends their workday reading other forums that are unrelated to their field, but the very best professionals in a field are usually not found on Internet forums, because they're doing their job instead of talking about it.
- arjie 10y agoHmm, that's true. But I think message boards simultaneously tend to the "oh, I'm terrible, wasting time here haha." and to "Oh that guy's got so much karma, and I see him posting all the time. He probably knows what he's saying.".
- owebmaster 10y agoSo when I'm upvoting someone I'm actually insulting him/her? Sorry man it just happen that I agree with you.
- d3ckard 10y agoWell, usually you get what you optimise for. Right now HN community is raising your karma, maybe from agreement, maybe out of spite. Does it make you less knowledgable?