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I scan HN fairly extensively (if sometimes quickly). There's a fair amount of OP's that pretty apparently start when someone takes a resource cited in a commen

I scan HN fairly extensively (if sometimes quickly). There's a fair amount of OP's that pretty apparently start when someone takes a resource cited in a comment and makes a new top-level post out of it. I don't keep track of who and what. I just see a new post and think/remember, I saw that in a comment 3 hours ago - 1 day ago. (Sometimes, quicker than that.) The behavior doesn't seem to be overwhelming HN (maybe the moderators throttle it?), and often significant conversations seem to ensue, so, as they say, "what the hey..."

toomanybeersies 8y ago
There does seem to be a tendency on HN for there to end up being a series of stories on a particular topic. One person will post a link, then somebody who reads the linked article will do some further reading, discover something interesting, and then post a link to their interesting discovery to HN, and the cycle continues. I rather like it. It happens at a low enough level, as you mentioned, that it provides a nice stream of information on a particular topic.
- el_benhameen 8y ago
  I like it too. I tend to be the only person in my close circle who finds HN-type content interesting, so it’s fun to go on a tangent and then see what others who went on the same tangent think.
- jamesmiller5 8y ago
  It would be nice to capture those reply chains and package up a bunch of related links at once. Kind of like a shared mapping of our unexpected deep internet dives on Wikipedia, just automated.
  - jacobush 8y ago
    The data is there, it's "only for someone" to write the code to connect the dots. I'm sure that program would make HN front-page.
pjc50 8y ago
I've taken to pre-empting this. Whenever I think it might be interesting in its own right, before posting a link in a comment, I post it to "submit".
- pasbesoin 8y ago
  Interesting. Something I hadn't considered (as a behavior to expect/observe; I have something like 5 or so OP's to my id).

toomanybeersies 8y ago

There does seem to be a tendency on HN for there to end up being a series of stories on a particular topic. One person will post a link, then somebody who reads the linked article will do some further reading, discover something interesting, and then post a link to their interesting discovery to HN, and the cycle continues. I rather like it. It happens at a low enough level, as you mentioned, that it provides a nice stream of information on a particular topic.

el_benhameen 8y ago
I like it too. I tend to be the only person in my close circle who finds HN-type content interesting, so it’s fun to go on a tangent and then see what others who went on the same tangent think.
jamesmiller5 8y ago
It would be nice to capture those reply chains and package up a bunch of related links at once. Kind of like a shared mapping of our unexpected deep internet dives on Wikipedia, just automated.
- jacobush 8y ago
  The data is there, it's "only for someone" to write the code to connect the dots. I'm sure that program would make HN front-page.

pjc50 8y ago

I've taken to pre-empting this. Whenever I think it might be interesting in its own right, before posting a link in a comment, I post it to "submit".

pasbesoin 8y ago
Interesting. Something I hadn't considered (as a behavior to expect/observe; I have something like 5 or so OP's to my id).