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> Translation: "You're dumb for liking this thing I had years ago". What an empty comment. That’s just your extremely uncharitable and incorrect insinuation of

> Translation: "You're dumb for liking this thing I had years ago". What an empty comment. That’s just your extremely uncharitable and incorrect insinuation of my comment. What I was saying was not about the user’s reaction to the feature but instead about the admiration of the company. It’s not impressive if Ford uses a wheel on their car because a wheel is old technology that others have already done well.

jodrellblank 6y ago
When you say “we” are too quick to X, but you personally are not Xing, then it is saying “you are too quick to X”. Is it not impressive that Ford model T became the mass-market car recognisable a hundred years later, because “we’re too quick to ooh and ahh other companies have used wheels before”? Look at the people in this comments thread saying it made their morning and they found songs from childhood and they’ve been experimenting with foreign songs, and I ask again, what does “I’m not impressed it’s been done before” add? Why do you think that’s a good, useful, comment? so what if it’s been done before?
- WoodenChair 6y ago
  When the Model T came out, people weren't impressed by the wheel, they were impressed by the low cost of a well-working automobile. I don't think you understand my analogy. If another company had come out with a low cost well-working automobile 12 years before Ford, then people should not be as impressed by Ford. That's my point.
  - jodrellblank 6y ago
    Why shouldn't they, why is that your point? If an uncharitable read of your comment is that you are mocking people and trying to gain hipster points by knowing about it before it was popular, then maybe a charitable read is that "we are too quick" is a warning of some hazard or danger that happens if we ooh and aahh about things too quickly which (in some way) objectively haven't earned it, by not being first, and that being first is in some way a majorly important criterion. If so, what is it that you are warning about? What exactly is your problem with people being excited or impressed by something that was done before, which makes it worth a comment?
    - WoodenChair 6y ago
      > Why shouldn't they, why is that your point? If an uncharitable read of your comment is that you are mocking people and trying to gain hipster points by knowing about it before it was popular, then maybe a charitable read is that "we are too quick" is a warning of some hazard or danger that happens if we ooh and aahh about things too quickly which (in some way) objectively haven't earned it, by not being first, and that being first is in some way a majorly important criterion. If so, what is it that you are warning about? Again, you are completely misinterpreting my comment. Google is a trillion dollar company. It's not impressive that they recreated something a startup was doing 12 years ago. > What exactly is your problem with people being excited or impressed by something that was done before, which makes it worth a comment? For the third time, I'm not saying people shouldn't think the feature is cool. They should just IMHO not be heaping praise on Google for it since it's old tech, and perhaps the scrappy startup that did it first a long time ago deserves more of the credit.
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      - jodrellblank 6y ago
        Who is “heaping praise on google” here?

jodrellblank 6y ago

When you say “we” are too quick to X, but you personally are not Xing, then it is saying “you are too quick to X”. Is it not impressive that Ford model T became the mass-market car recognisable a hundred years later, because “we’re too quick to ooh and ahh other companies have used wheels before”? Look at the people in this comments thread saying it made their morning and they found songs from childhood and they’ve been experimenting with foreign songs, and I ask again, what does “I’m not impressed it’s been done before” add? Why do you think that’s a good, useful, comment? so what if it’s been done before?

WoodenChair 6y ago
When the Model T came out, people weren't impressed by the wheel, they were impressed by the low cost of a well-working automobile. I don't think you understand my analogy. If another company had come out with a low cost well-working automobile 12 years before Ford, then people should not be as impressed by Ford. That's my point.
- jodrellblank 6y ago
  Why shouldn't they, why is that your point? If an uncharitable read of your comment is that you are mocking people and trying to gain hipster points by knowing about it before it was popular, then maybe a charitable read is that "we are too quick" is a warning of some hazard or danger that happens if we ooh and aahh about things too quickly which (in some way) objectively haven't earned it, by not being first, and that being first is in some way a majorly important criterion. If so, what is it that you are warning about? What exactly is your problem with people being excited or impressed by something that was done before, which makes it worth a comment?
  - WoodenChair 6y ago
    > Why shouldn't they, why is that your point? If an uncharitable read of your comment is that you are mocking people and trying to gain hipster points by knowing about it before it was popular, then maybe a charitable read is that "we are too quick" is a warning of some hazard or danger that happens if we ooh and aahh about things too quickly which (in some way) objectively haven't earned it, by not being first, and that being first is in some way a majorly important criterion. If so, what is it that you are warning about? Again, you are completely misinterpreting my comment. Google is a trillion dollar company. It's not impressive that they recreated something a startup was doing 12 years ago. > What exactly is your problem with people being excited or impressed by something that was done before, which makes it worth a comment? For the third time, I'm not saying people shouldn't think the feature is cool. They should just IMHO not be heaping praise on Google for it since it's old tech, and perhaps the scrappy startup that did it first a long time ago deserves more of the credit.
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    - jodrellblank 6y ago
      Who is “heaping praise on google” here?