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by pvg 4y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
In Comments
Be respectful. Anyone sharing work is making a contribution, however modest.
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When something isn't good, you needn't pretend that it is, but don't be gratuitously negative.
- CharlesW 4y agoSetting aside the first sentence, I think this is valuable feedback for Wolfram. Podcasters will need to meet listeners where they hang out (Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) regardless of whether they can also be persuaded to use this additional niche social media site. Any podcaster who would use this service will have already created a multi-channel social media presence for their show, so instead of "do this instead" the sales pitch must answer "why do this as well".
- pvg 4y agoYou can make the argument any feedback is 'valuable' sort of like people contrive to defend entirely offtopic or incomprehensible comments as 'relevant'. But HN discussions have additional standards and not being a terse, dismissive jerk, especially about the work of others is one of the important ones.
- CharlesW 4y agoFair enough! Hopefully you found my comment kinder and more useful than the OP’s.