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"low quality". I'm hurt :( PS: we spend tens of hours writing those piece of content and even pay a technical editor to spot the typo and make it more readabl

by daolf 4y ago

"low quality". I'm hurt :( PS: we spend tens of hours writing those piece of content and even pay a technical editor to spot the typo and make it more readable since we're not native English. You might not like this post, but I can assure that genuine care was put into writing this!

degenerate 4y ago
Scrolling through your article I disagree, it's high quality content. What converts it to "low quality" is the bait-n-switch title. This is not "everything you need to know" -- this is "how to get started from scratch". Metaphor would be "Everything you need to know about fixing cars" and the article shows you how to check the engine light, change oil, rotate tires, and replace spark plugs. There's just no way to make a promise that large and have your article be considered high quality.
- daolf 4y ago
  fair point!
- vertere 4y ago
  The title is problematic but I don't see how that justifies someone calling the whole article low quality or spam.
wintercarver 4y ago
I thought it was a nice summary, concise, organized, with examples and references. Will revisit it should I need a reminder on scraping. Would not call it low quality at all. Would recommend you ignore passing comments with no constructive criticism. The title is going to be a point of contention as it’s a big claim and probably being misinterpreted as not “everything you need to know [to get started]” but rather “everything you need to know [ever is in this one article and you’ll need not read anything else]”.
tsukurimashou 4y ago
change the title to "everything you need to get started..." instead of "everything you need to know" and try to go easy on SEO optimization most of negative comments will go away
ohyoutravel 4y ago
I don’t think it’s very good and many other highly-rated top level comments seem to agree that not only does it have a scammy SEO “top ten best ${X} in ${CURRENT_YEAR}” but there is a mismatch between what the article is attempting to do with how it is attempting to explain and do it. While I’m glad it’s not GPT-3 level spam, or outsource to third world country for copy level spam, in my opinion the article fails in several fundamental ways, noted above. Putting “genuine care” into something is commendable, but is not a substitute for quality, relevant content. OTOH you’re getting lots of clicks and views for whatever product you’re selling, and even my comments help the “traction” HN gives it, so it doesn’t actually matter what I think.

by daolf 4y ago

degenerate 4y ago

Scrolling through your article I disagree, it's high quality content. What converts it to "low quality" is the bait-n-switch title. This is not "everything you need to know" -- this is "how to get started from scratch". Metaphor would be "Everything you need to know about fixing cars" and the article shows you how to check the engine light, change oil, rotate tires, and replace spark plugs. There's just no way to make a promise that large and have your article be considered high quality.

daolf 4y ago
fair point!
vertere 4y ago
The title is problematic but I don't see how that justifies someone calling the whole article low quality or spam.

wintercarver 4y ago

I thought it was a nice summary, concise, organized, with examples and references. Will revisit it should I need a reminder on scraping. Would not call it low quality at all. Would recommend you ignore passing comments with no constructive criticism. The title is going to be a point of contention as it’s a big claim and probably being misinterpreted as not “everything you need to know [to get started]” but rather “everything you need to know [ever is in this one article and you’ll need not read anything else]”.

tsukurimashou 4y ago

change the title to "everything you need to get started..." instead of "everything you need to know" and try to go easy on SEO optimization most of negative comments will go away

ohyoutravel 4y ago

I don’t think it’s very good and many other highly-rated top level comments seem to agree that not only does it have a scammy SEO “top ten best ${X} in ${CURRENT_YEAR}” but there is a mismatch between what the article is attempting to do with how it is attempting to explain and do it. While I’m glad it’s not GPT-3 level spam, or outsource to third world country for copy level spam, in my opinion the article fails in several fundamental ways, noted above. Putting “genuine care” into something is commendable, but is not a substitute for quality, relevant content. OTOH you’re getting lots of clicks and views for whatever product you’re selling, and even my comments help the “traction” HN gives it, so it doesn’t actually matter what I think.