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Compare this low-effort comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14124411 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14124411 to these: https://news.ycombinat
by mrkgnao 10y ago
Compare this low-effort comment:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14124411 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14124411
to these:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14149200 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14149200
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14016438 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14016438
Getting "in" when a post has few comments and is going to attract a lot of comment readership quickly or stay on the frontpage for a while is probably more important than pure comment quality.
- 3131s 10y agoAbsolutely true, and especially problematic because by their nature high-quality comments will take more time to formulate and therefore always be late to the party and get less visibility.