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It's on the front page right now, but I'm not sure it deserves to be given the quality of HN's discussion so far. The top ten highest voted comments are essenti

It's on the front page right now, but I'm not sure it deserves to be given the quality of HN's discussion so far. The top ten highest voted comments are essentially redundant copies of the same outrage, stated slightly differently. If everyone is just going to pile on and state how upset they are, instead of replying to each other's comments and keeping one thread for all the outrage, what's the point in bringing this to the front page at all? Where's the curious and interesting discussion? Outrage is pervasive on TV and the Internet and yet, as presented here so far, it's the most uninteresting response possible.

semitones 5y ago
Why don't you be the change you want to see, and contribute constructively with your own opinion to facilitate curious and interesting discussion? Complaining about it is also not that interesting.
- floatingatoll 5y ago
  I am. Meta-commenting about HN is a constructive contribution to both the quality of site and, in some instances, leads to quality contributions within a specific discussion as well. The site admin 'dang' certainly does a lot more of it than I do, and regularly links to his own past meta-commentaries, so while I respect that they're uninteresting to you, I disagree.
natural219 5y ago
Why are you not outraged, lmao.
- floatingatoll 5y ago
  I am, but anything I would have said was already said by one of the top ten redundant outrage comments, so I'm not wasting HN's time piling on in that regard. Upvotes are a stellar alternative to "me too" replies that contribution nothing but redundancy. It's interesting that you interpret my reply as containing an opinion about the post topic, when it doesn't state any opinion about Google's actions at all. I don't consider it appropriate to infuse every statement I make with outrage, even if I'm outraged, because that saps the life from communities when it's a common practice. Perhaps you're (incorrectly) reading between the lines that the lack of infused outrage as some sort of statement of my opinion?

semitones 5y ago

Why don't you be the change you want to see, and contribute constructively with your own opinion to facilitate curious and interesting discussion? Complaining about it is also not that interesting.

floatingatoll 5y ago
I am. Meta-commenting about HN is a constructive contribution to both the quality of site and, in some instances, leads to quality contributions within a specific discussion as well. The site admin 'dang' certainly does a lot more of it than I do, and regularly links to his own past meta-commentaries, so while I respect that they're uninteresting to you, I disagree.

natural219 5y ago

Why are you not outraged, lmao.

floatingatoll 5y ago
I am, but anything I would have said was already said by one of the top ten redundant outrage comments, so I'm not wasting HN's time piling on in that regard. Upvotes are a stellar alternative to "me too" replies that contribution nothing but redundancy. It's interesting that you interpret my reply as containing an opinion about the post topic, when it doesn't state any opinion about Google's actions at all. I don't consider it appropriate to infuse every statement I make with outrage, even if I'm outraged, because that saps the life from communities when it's a common practice. Perhaps you're (incorrectly) reading between the lines that the lack of infused outrage as some sort of statement of my opinion?