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I have seen satire in other comments here but have not noticed a similar request in those cases; could you clarify the difference? Thank you.
by themodelplumber 5y ago
I have seen satire in other comments here but have not noticed a similar request in those cases; could you clarify the difference? Thank you.
- dang 5y agoI think in this case it was just too generic - basically boo Facebook - and that moves discussion into a predictable pile-on rather than reacting to anything specific or interesting. I'm not saying you owe $BigCo better, but rather that HN threads are good when they're specific and unpredictable, and bad when they're generic and predictable. Here are a couple of heuristics that I like to go by: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=diffs%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22expected%20value%22%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...