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Isn’t HN just another form of social media? I’m sitting here commenting on someone else’s opinion on the internet, when I have far more productive things I cou
by mr_toad 9y ago
Isn’t HN just another form of social media?
I’m sitting here commenting on someone else’s opinion on the internet, when I have far more productive things I could be doing.
Later on I’ll probably be narcissistic enough to check whether this comment got any upvotes.
- AndrewKemendo 9y agoI intentionally upvoted you so that you would get your dopamine hit.
- take4 9y agoWell having a discussion in comments can be productive if you’re learning new things. And there is a lot of good content here that many of us wouldn’t discover otherwise. I imagine reading research or news posts on HN and commenting can be more productive than, say, reading reddit’s r/pics and commenting.
- paulcole 9y agoWe can imagine lots of things but it doesn’t mean they’re true. You’re just moving the goalposts so that HN doesn’t fit into the “bad” category.
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoAnd yet probably 95%+ of the content will just be entertainment to us, not used productively. Maybe for all of you fortunate to work in tech get professionally useful info here?