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How was this upvoted so often without a single comment?
by nik736 7y ago
How was this upvoted so often without a single comment?
- arghwhat 7y agoCommentary is not needed to be interesting. There may not be much to add.
- high_derivative 7y agoMy guess would be because HN likes sourcehut's open source approach (I still read it as 'Sir Hat') since its announcement on here. There are some projects that HN as a community tends to like and upvote just for visibility without feeling the need to comment on it.
- rightbyte 7y agoBots? I have a hard time beleiving that a paid service has a silent fanbase. But maybe they do.
- shakna 7y agoI'm a paying user. Beyond the article there's not much to say.
- sirn 7y agoI am one. Happy paying user, upvoted sourcehut's posts because I like to support independent services, but rarely commented.
- rightbyte 7y agoOk never mind then.
- asdkhadsj 7y agoI'm a wanting-to-be paying user, fwiw. It goes against some of Sourcehut's fundamentals, but I'm waiting for a basic PR UI system, because frankly I just don't like email that much. (though strangely, I love the model of email). Regardless, I adore the goals of the service and the approach, so my plan is to move all my public and private projects there once I can use a PR-UI/etc - and pay, of course.
- Sir_Cmpwn 7y agoI think you should give email its fair shake. There's a good tutorial here: https://git-send-email.io https://git-send-email.io And the video on this website shows you how the maintainer side could work: https://aerc-mail.org https://aerc-mail.org And remember, the email client you use for hacking needn't be the same as your everyday client.
- ianamartin 7y agoHuh. That never occurred to me. To use a different client for workflow email. That was sort of one of the things keeping me from trying this out for real. I was just, "Ugh, I don't want all that mixed up together." Even folders don't help that much because my main email client is already managing a ton of email accounts. I'll have to give this idea a shot now. Thanks!
- roryrjb 7y agoBeyond what sourcehut is providing, I would also upvote because of Drew (Sir_Cmpwn). I don't know him personally, but based on blog posts, HN comments and interaction via email, he seems to be very helpful and polite, my general impression is that this isn't the norm in open source.
- pjc50 7y agoThat's a good sign. Comments usually signal quibbling to outrage; there's no culture of "me too" (in the AOL sense, not the sexual assault one!) here.