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I wish there was a link to the comments. Oftentimes they're the first (and last) place I go.

unkown-unknowns 9y ago
Wait, are you being facetious or did you not catch on to the fact that the comments not being included is what makes it "quiet HN"?
- faitswulff 9y ago
  Your comment reminds me why "No Feigned Surprise" is a virtue (https://www.recurse.com/manual#no-feigned-surprise https://www.recurse.com/manual#no-feigned-surprise). Yes, it is entirely possible to miss the tiny link at the bottom that says "What is this?" and even then still possible to skim or dismiss it thereafter.
  - Chris2048 9y ago
    except there was no "Feigned Surprise" in the comment you respond to..
  - unkown-unknowns 9y ago
    I was asking genuinely because I could not tell whether the person I was replying to was being sarcastic about the idea of not having comments or if they just didn't make the connection between "quiet" and "no comments".
- jack9 9y ago
  Even after your comment, I do not make that connection. If that was the intent, it fails...e.g, Why not duplicate the site faithfully and just eliminate the comment links? It succeeds in being 'quiet' (less noisy) in design.
  - craftyguy 9y ago
    I think it literally does exactly what you just said, content (posts) is duplicated, comment links are eliminated.
    - jack9 9y ago
      I'm not sure you know what "literally" and "exactly" means, after that comment. Stop using those words just because you disagree vehemently. Here's the "literal" version you haven't imagined: https://imgur.com/a/hJTC2 https://imgur.com/a/hJTC2
  - faizshah 9y ago
    I also thought it meant a less noisy design and I thought the lack of comments was part of being less noisy.
humblebee 9y ago
> Slowly over time I noticed that I begun spending more time in the comment sections, and less time opening links. To cut a short boring story shorter, that trend continued into 2017. I am now at the stage where I very rarely open the links, I simply open the comments and am able to deduce the gist of the link through the unfolding arguments. http://tomspeak.co.uk/posts/quiet-hacker-news http://tomspeak.co.uk/posts/quiet-hacker-news The point appears to be not to have the comments.

Wait, are you being facetious or did you not catch on to the fact that the comments not being included is what makes it "quiet HN"?

faitswulff 9y ago
Your comment reminds me why "No Feigned Surprise" is a virtue (https://www.recurse.com/manual#no-feigned-surprise https://www.recurse.com/manual#no-feigned-surprise). Yes, it is entirely possible to miss the tiny link at the bottom that says "What is this?" and even then still possible to skim or dismiss it thereafter.
- Chris2048 9y ago
  except there was no "Feigned Surprise" in the comment you respond to..
- unkown-unknowns 9y ago
  I was asking genuinely because I could not tell whether the person I was replying to was being sarcastic about the idea of not having comments or if they just didn't make the connection between "quiet" and "no comments".
jack9 9y ago
Even after your comment, I do not make that connection. If that was the intent, it fails...e.g, Why not duplicate the site faithfully and just eliminate the comment links? It succeeds in being 'quiet' (less noisy) in design.
- craftyguy 9y ago
  I think it literally does exactly what you just said, content (posts) is duplicated, comment links are eliminated.
  - jack9 9y ago
    I'm not sure you know what "literally" and "exactly" means, after that comment. Stop using those words just because you disagree vehemently. Here's the "literal" version you haven't imagined: https://imgur.com/a/hJTC2 https://imgur.com/a/hJTC2
- faizshah 9y ago
  I also thought it meant a less noisy design and I thought the lack of comments was part of being less noisy.

humblebee 9y ago

> Slowly over time I noticed that I begun spending more time in the comment sections, and less time opening links. To cut a short boring story shorter, that trend continued into 2017. I am now at the stage where I very rarely open the links, I simply open the comments and am able to deduce the gist of the link through the unfolding arguments. http://tomspeak.co.uk/posts/quiet-hacker-news http://tomspeak.co.uk/posts/quiet-hacker-news The point appears to be not to have the comments.