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When did HN start having such low quality comments?

zxcvbn4038 5y ago
What sort of intellectual dialog and witty repartee did you expect? I'm pretty sure that the guy at Amazon who decided to hire the potheads isn't going to win a Nobel.
- jack_riminton 5y ago
  A debate about drug classification? An insight with data or maybe even an intelligent anecdote about the travails of hiring in modern day USA? Your comment wouldn't even get points on Reddit, it might get a "lol" on twitter
  - wolverine876 5y ago
    Agreed. I see almost no intellectual curiosity and learn little these days. I'm only here because I hope it might change again.
paulcole 5y ago
People who live in glass houses and all. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28338633 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28338633
- wutbrodo 5y ago
  I'm genuinely confused by this comment. Can you explain why you think speculation about the hardware costs of Waymo robotaxi is at all related to a complaint about silly jokes on HN?
  - paulcole 5y ago
    The complaint wasn’t about a silly joke. It was about low quality comments. A comment that’s just “I think I remember ________” is about as low quality as it gets — especially when it turns out to be wrong. I know low quality comments. I’ve contributed hundreds of them myself. Check my comment history if you don’t believe me!
    - wutbrodo 5y ago
      Ah OK, I didn't follow because I strongly disagree that that's a low quality comment, even if it turned out to be wrong.
- jack_riminton 5y ago
  That isn’t a low quality comment it was widely reported at the time that each cost $250k. See for yourself https://www.google.com/search?q=waymo+each+cost+%24250k&rlz=1CDGOYI_enGB714GB714&hl=en-GB&sxsrf=AOaemvIHZePTYLTO92vb52Ch-EgjBeoyKw%3A1630739872402&ei=oB0zYeWFGMzrgAa04buwAQ&oq=waymo+each+cost+%24250k&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAM6BAgAEEdQr8ADWJLWA2Cs2wNoAHACeACAAaUCiAGsCJIBBTcuMS4ymAEAoAEByAEIwAEB&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp https://www.google.com/search?q=waymo+each+cost+%24250k&rlz=...

What sort of intellectual dialog and witty repartee did you expect? I'm pretty sure that the guy at Amazon who decided to hire the potheads isn't going to win a Nobel.

jack_riminton 5y ago
A debate about drug classification? An insight with data or maybe even an intelligent anecdote about the travails of hiring in modern day USA? Your comment wouldn't even get points on Reddit, it might get a "lol" on twitter
- wolverine876 5y ago
  Agreed. I see almost no intellectual curiosity and learn little these days. I'm only here because I hope it might change again.

paulcole 5y ago

People who live in glass houses and all. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28338633 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28338633

wutbrodo 5y ago
I'm genuinely confused by this comment. Can you explain why you think speculation about the hardware costs of Waymo robotaxi is at all related to a complaint about silly jokes on HN?
- paulcole 5y ago
  The complaint wasn’t about a silly joke. It was about low quality comments. A comment that’s just “I think I remember ________” is about as low quality as it gets — especially when it turns out to be wrong. I know low quality comments. I’ve contributed hundreds of them myself. Check my comment history if you don’t believe me!
  - wutbrodo 5y ago
    Ah OK, I didn't follow because I strongly disagree that that's a low quality comment, even if it turned out to be wrong.
jack_riminton 5y ago
That isn’t a low quality comment it was widely reported at the time that each cost $250k. See for yourself https://www.google.com/search?q=waymo+each+cost+%24250k&rlz=1CDGOYI_enGB714GB714&hl=en-GB&sxsrf=AOaemvIHZePTYLTO92vb52Ch-EgjBeoyKw%3A1630739872402&ei=oB0zYeWFGMzrgAa04buwAQ&oq=waymo+each+cost+%24250k&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAM6BAgAEEdQr8ADWJLWA2Cs2wNoAHACeACAAaUCiAGsCJIBBTcuMS4ymAEAoAEByAEIwAEB&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp https://www.google.com/search?q=waymo+each+cost+%24250k&rlz=...