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There is remarkably low value to be extracted from hn comments. Very rarely there is something wonderful! But like 99/100 comments are some combination of showi
by justin_vanw 9y ago
There is remarkably low value to be extracted from hn comments. Very rarely there is something wonderful! But like 99/100 comments are some combination of showing off, punching down, pushing a crackpot agenda or cryptotrolling. Why do you care if you get downvoted in such an environment? Perhaps, and this isn't meant to be nasty at all, you need some social activities in your life?
- danso 9y agoIf you care to share, I’d be interested in examples of the 1/100-tier comments that you’ve seen. I have a more positive view of the discussions here, of course maybe my standards are lower. But I don’t think a comment necessarily becomes lesser because the author is “showing off”. If what they’re talking about is really damn special, maybe the bragging can’t be helped