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Not sure why the author is complaining. Commenting on a blog and writing a blog have never been confused. No one has ever compared commenting to writing a blog.
by longrod 4y ago
Not sure why the author is complaining. Commenting on a blog and writing a blog have never been confused. No one has ever compared commenting to writing a blog.
Commenting has it's own place. If you don't like the comments, maybe you shouldn't post on HN. I don't know how ignorant you have to be to literally pass by the very purpose of a site like HN. It's literally built to hold discussions. Commenting is the _only_ thing you do here. There's no chat, no fancy reactions, no groups, no "pages", nothing. Just an input box and a button to express your opinion.
The UX could be better but that's an excuse for the lazy. You don't want to scroll? That's on you, not the website. You wrote a very long blog and I can't scroll past the first paragraph. Is the fault yours or mine?
With that said, not every link gets 3000 comments. The example given is an exception. Most of the time the comments stick to the point with a lot of constructive opinions in them. You can't silence the crowd, you can't control the crowd, and you certainly can't own the crowd. So just let the crowd be. If you don't like that, refrain from posting stuff here.
- NonNefarious 4y agoThe author made it very clear why he's complaining. The entire post is an explanation, whether you agree with it or not.
- noasaservice 4y ago30 second comment, followed by 10 second comment, followed by 10 second comment (my own). Author's point made.
- aqwsde 4y agoThat's self fulfilling. You can skim the article in seconds. Most is blabla.
- nescioquid 4y agoIt's like there is no barrier to entry to write a blog post -- anyone can do it! Remove the long bulleted list about the travails of writing and publicizing a blog post, and you are left with a dozen short paragraphs whose thesis boils down to: >> You can read an article written by someone who went through the difficulties I mentioned earlier and spent quite some time creating a content that he found important enough, or you can read the comments made by several other people who took like 10 seconds to write something (often mean and critical) about the title of the article. Doesn't really require a lot of careful reading and consideration.
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- lapcat 4y ago> If you don't like the comments, maybe you shouldn't post on HN. Anyone can submit a blog post to HN, not just the blog author.