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I feel like there are more brief and superfluous comments than there are used to be, but just as many or more lengthy and substantial comments.
by code_duck 7y ago
I feel like there are more brief and superfluous comments than there are used to be, but just as many or more lengthy and substantial comments.
- penagwin 7y agoYour comment gave me an interesting idea. What would happen if we imposed a minimum char-limit for say, hacker news comments? On one hand I'd expect more descriptive responses, fewer comments that are a short "Your wrong but I won't tell you why", etc. Comments just spamming letters would be fairly easy to detect. On the other hand what would this minimum char/word length be? Even your comment is fairly short, but it's descriptive and fully communicates your point...
- compiler-guy 7y agoThen you end up with comments like you find on leasehackr.com, which has a twenty character minimum: “Agreed. 202020202020”
- code_duck 7y agoI believe there is a minimum character length under which comments are printed in a smaller font. I’m sure the mods have some insight into this.