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I read through your answers in that thread and really enjoyed them. Thank you for taking the time to do that work. Have you considered consolidating those ideas

by jerry1979 5y ago

I read through your answers in that thread and really enjoyed them. Thank you for taking the time to do that work. Have you considered consolidating those ideas into a blog post or similar? It sounds like you have some expertise in this area or maybe just like to research. Either way, I think others would really enjoy having access to your seemingly well thought out analysis in a place that isn't the HN comment section.

kragen 5y ago
Thanks! Yeah, I've been thinking about that, especially because of the profoundly unrewarding nature of that conversation. A number of my previous HN comments are in Dercuano, Derctuo, and Dernocua, though those mostly consist of things other than HN comments, and some of the HN comments they contain are pretty embarrassing. Generally I feel like the HN comments section is pretty aggressive and conformist, and there's a lot of people trolling. The social dynamic rewards rapid reaction, trolling, and conforming to the popular opinion (and especially cheering for it and denouncing those who disagree with it), and punishes the kind of careful investigation and thoughtful conversation that I value. I think it brings out the worst in me. http://canonical.org/~kragen/dercuano http://canonical.org/~kragen/dercuano http://canonical.org/~kragen/derctuo http://canonical.org/~kragen/derctuo http://canonical.org/~kragen/dernocua.git http://canonical.org/~kragen/dernocua.git