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I often find the value of HN is less in the links and more in the comments. I went to check the article mentioned [1] and many of the higher ranked comments ar
by slg 6y ago
I often find the value of HN is less in the links and more in the comments. I went to check the article mentioned [1] and many of the higher ranked comments are simply using the article as a jumping off point. The top comments starts out with "A little tangential, but..." which is pretty common to see on HN. The quality of the writing of an article is mostly irrelevant in that instance because the value being generated is from the topic itself evoking conversation and the topic was provided by the human prompt.
Also 2 of the 22 top level comments mentioned GPT-3 and several others are clearly just riffing off the headline. I think the percentage of people who actually read the article and realized something was off about it was higher than the author is implying.
[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23893817 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23893817
- xthetrfd 6y agoI agree with you. I mostly just read the title and then the comments, especially if I know a thing or two about the subject. Partially off topic but I personally use the FOSS android app "Materialistic" to access HN. It offers a much better comment navigation experience than ynewscombinator.
- stareatgoats 6y ago> several others are clearly just riffing off the headline I don't blame them, the language is not pleasant to read, the ideas superficial and a cursory glance is enough to give a general idea of the content. That said, the article was still surprisingly coherent for being auto-generated. I wonder how much was edited to make it so. If no or minimal editing was applied then this is darn impressive, and we just might indeed start seeing more texts like this. Or miss them, as it were.
- yertick 6y agoSame for me, I enjoy a lot of the anecdotes and personal experiences that everyone shares. Definitely gives me a frame of reference when reading an article.