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Yeah, to be fair, half the stuff posted (and often voted up) on HN is blog posts that are thinly veiled content marketing. Plus, it can get exhausting to write
by dbingham 9y ago
Yeah, to be fair, half the stuff posted (and often voted up) on HN is blog posts that are thinly veiled content marketing.
Plus, it can get exhausting to write the same argument over and over again. Half the reason I write on my blog or on medium is because I find myself repeating a certain argument and I decide to just write it once and for all.
But of course, you could always copy and paste with some small edits rather than linking. And I agree that it would be better to at least summarize the content of the post for us rather than just dumping the link.
- pc86 9y agoIf you're actually replying to specific points in the comment to which you're replying, it's unlikely you'll be repeating things very much outside of the typical flame threads around politics or social issues. If you're not referencing specific points it's much more like a "okay you're done speaking now it's my turn" type of conversation. There's admittedly a lot of that anyway, though.