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A somewhat interesting short essay about grief, inspired by the game of Nethack. The title comes from a message that appears in the game in certain situations.
by throwaway81523 4y ago
A somewhat interesting short essay about grief, inspired by the game of Nethack. The title comes from a message that appears in the game in certain situations.
I remember everything2 which was sort of a forerunner of wikipedia, and better in some ways. The contributor community was much less obnoxious. I'm glad it is still around. It's been ages since I looked at it.
- pravus 4y ago> The title comes from a message that appears in the game in certain situations. As I recall this message appears when your pet dies but you weren't able to see it happen. It's definitely a sad feeling when you are a weak character with a strong pet doing most of the fighting.
- vannevar 4y ago>I remember everything2 which was sort of a forerunner of wikipedia, and better in some ways. E2 has the best karma system I've encountered online, which went a long way toward maintaining high quality content.
- mixmastamyk 4y agoInteresting, have a link that explains it?
- vonunov 4y agohttps://everything2.com/title/C%2521 https://everything2.com/title/C%2521
- beowulfey 4y agoHow does it work? I didn’t know E2 even had karma
- vannevar 4y agohttps://everything2.com/node/superdoc/The+Everything2+Voting%252FExperience+System?originalTitle=Voting%2FExperience%20System https://everything2.com/node/superdoc/The+Everything2+Voting... One key idea: "Try to vote according to the standard of writing, not because you agree or disagree with what someone has written." This is where HN's use of downvoting fails, it's often mistakenly used to signal disagreement rather than something off-topic or below site standards.
- VectorLock 4y agoReddit has the same problem. Nobody actually applies "upvote what adds to the conversation."