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Thanks for the tip, but I meant more as in a general sense. I find it easier to remember things I learned from long-form text rather than comments (across many

Thanks for the tip, but I meant more as in a general sense. I find it easier to remember things I learned from long-form text rather than comments (across many sites so it's not something only on HN). For example, I can remember things I learned from a book I read in 5th grade but I can't remember an interesting comment I read last week about irrational investors (at least not without looking it up) even though I think I gave the same amount of attention to both.

weinzierl 6y ago
That's interesting, I forget a lot of things, but what you describe was never a problem for me. I have no real explanation but a vague idea: It needs time. If you've spent some time here and got to know folks it is unavoidable, for better or worse, to connect comments to people. Things connected to people you know, even only casually, are easy to remember.
cblconfederate 6y ago
thats because repetition is key. a book will repeat the same idea over and over many times, an article 3 times (introduction, body and conclusion), but a comment is usually terse and hastily written. So the solution is to read the comment a few times, preferably in 7 minute intervals