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I like when people link related projects. This is Why: I have a use case for this project but I likely won’t get to it for a year or so. When that happens I’ll

I like when people link related projects. This is Why: I have a use case for this project but I likely won’t get to it for a year or so. When that happens I’ll come back to this thread and all the projects working on the problem will be right here in the Hacker News thread. I’ll be able to see which ones are still alive, and maybe even see why some stopped development. This happens all the time for me with HN - if people didn’t link their related work the thread would have way less utility.

ShorsHammer 7y ago
They could always actually view the work say something about it first yes? https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html Looking at the projects presented here with nothing else offered am not convinced of good-faith participation. Would you say the same?
- YPCrumble 7y ago
  The value to me is the link to the other project. Otherwise it would be like trying to read a recipe online - obligatory filler text with the value buried at the bottom.
- oefrha 7y ago
  I’d take a self-promo related project comment over an unrelated complaint (hogging entire above-the-fold space) any day. Nothing is more frustrating than opening a discussion thread and the top comment with a million descendants bikesheds about something else entirely. Also, you would occasionally see comments along the line of “awesome project / congratulations on launching, I like the fact that it does this and that. My project also does this and that, check it out: insert link.” Hardly any better.
thinkingemote 7y ago
I wish I worked in a domain like this. Most people who comment on my area of expertise are asking questions and those with projects are hello world level. The projects that succeed to working prototype are one off itch scratches or API Jigsaw projects. Mine included, most of my code is API glue. But I never see HN as having utility in this way. But I'm in a small niche.

ShorsHammer 7y ago

They could always actually view the work say something about it first yes? https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html Looking at the projects presented here with nothing else offered am not convinced of good-faith participation. Would you say the same?

YPCrumble 7y ago
The value to me is the link to the other project. Otherwise it would be like trying to read a recipe online - obligatory filler text with the value buried at the bottom.
oefrha 7y ago
I’d take a self-promo related project comment over an unrelated complaint (hogging entire above-the-fold space) any day. Nothing is more frustrating than opening a discussion thread and the top comment with a million descendants bikesheds about something else entirely. Also, you would occasionally see comments along the line of “awesome project / congratulations on launching, I like the fact that it does this and that. My project also does this and that, check it out: insert link.” Hardly any better.

thinkingemote 7y ago

I wish I worked in a domain like this. Most people who comment on my area of expertise are asking questions and those with projects are hello world level. The projects that succeed to working prototype are one off itch scratches or API Jigsaw projects. Mine included, most of my code is API glue. But I never see HN as having utility in this way. But I'm in a small niche.