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I hate reaction posts in comments section. I see this mostly on reddit with posts simply saying "I agree" or "well said" and if your lucky quoting some interest

I hate reaction posts in comments section. I see this mostly on reddit with posts simply saying "I agree" or "well said" and if your lucky quoting some interesting part of the article. I get the feeling these are up voted by people that just want the important quotes to save time and those that agree so much they want to drown out other conversation. Intended or not these comments kill all conversation. They add absolutely nothing to the discussion and leave no room for more discussion. If Medium is successful in separating reactions from actual content then I have to side with them. The fact is most discussion happens on reddit and HN so there's little real loss of intelligent discussion.

majewsky 9y ago
> I see this mostly on reddit with posts simply saying "I agree" or "well said" and if your lucky quoting some interesting part of the article. That's not what "reaction post" usually means. That's just "reactions" (which I hate just as much as you). A reaction post is something like "I disagree - here's ten reasons why" or "I basically agree, but here's a different perspective on this particular point". So a proper blog article, not just one sentence or one paragraph.
audiometry 9y ago
GOOD point.
stagbeetle 9y ago
> The fact is most discussion happens on reddit and HN so there's little real loss of intelligent discussion. HN has the opposite issue. There is no want of sophisticated dialog here, but it borders on discussion for the sake of discussion. One of many such exercises in futility that has overcome this specious neo-hacker culture.
oxguy3 9y ago
I agree, well said.