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I never used flash, but if this is what it was like I can see why flash was so popular. I'm loving it. Reminds of the time I spent doing WC3 maps when I was you

• 100-xyz 7y ago
  Thanks for your comment and encouragement. I am amazed at the negativity!
  • dang 7y ago
    Negative comments make much stronger impressions than positive ones, alas, but when I survey this thread I don't see it as so negative (other than https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21750978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21750978 which is a trollish post that we moderated). Based on a lot of experience moderating these things, I think the issue was primarily your title. HN users react badly to grandiose claims. Also, the title "Flash replacement" is so large and generic that it was inevitably going to evoke comments about Flash replacements in general. This is obviously a nice piece of work, and the best way to present it would have been with a more neutral title that depicted what you've built so far, and then a first comment in the thread giving the backstory of how you came to work on this, and explaining what's different about it. That tends to seed discussion in a better direction. And in your comment you could certainly have explained that your intention is to work on a Flash replacement.
    • 100-xyz 7y ago
      I had actually submitted with the title 'Flash is Dead? A replacement attempt version 3'
      • dang 7y ago
        Ah I missed that. Yes, the submitted title was "Show HN: Flash is dead? Here is a replacement – version 3". Not sure that's less baity though. Arguably more, which is probably why a moderator edited it.