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Is there a term for this kind of "shallow" discussions/responses? E.g. if headline is about X but in the vicinity of Y the thread gets filled with generic comme
by Kiro 5y ago
Is there a term for this kind of "shallow" discussions/responses? E.g. if headline is about X but in the vicinity of Y the thread gets filled with generic comments about Y that have nothing to do with X.
It's obviously not exclusive to HN. I keep seeing it on reddit all the time and it's really tiring.
- kemonocode 5y agoI just call it appealing to the lowest common denominator.
- mclightning 5y ago> E.g. if headline is about X but in the vicinity of Y the thread gets filled with generic comments about Y that have nothing to do with X Exactly! I created an ASK HN a while back on this. It received a lot of feedback. It appears many long-time HN readers are tired of it. You can see it here; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27287700 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27287700
- skybrian 5y agoIt’s sort of like “topic drift” except that it’s closer to the topic, broadly defined. (Ironically, this side conversation is also topic drift, of the meta variety.)
- karmakaze 5y agoBike-shedding isn't binary, it's a continuum. Shallow discussions are a result of audience size and loss of focus.