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Honestly I love to see something I worked on or wrote and then read the top 3-5 upvoted comments on HN. They help me do better the next time. I usually focus on
by thenerdhead 4y ago
Honestly I love to see something I worked on or wrote and then read the top 3-5 upvoted comments on HN. They help me do better the next time. I usually focus on objective critique and not cynicism.
- mceachen 4y agoTop-rated comments can be hit or miss though. Toxic snark under the guise of "wit" can still get upvoted (even when the community rules specifically discourage it).
- dang 4y agoIt does get upvoted. That's a weakness of the upvoting system, unfortunately. We downweight it when we see it stuck at the top of the thread, but we don't always see it. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22upvotes%20alone%22%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...
- mceachen 4y agoDaniel, my hat's off to you! Thanks for pushing for civil discourse. +100.