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You are already so prolific outside HN, have you considered collecting your HN comments in your own space? Once I started doing this I found HN comments would
by akkartik 4y ago
You are already so prolific outside HN, have you considered collecting your HN comments in your own space?
Once I started doing this I found HN comments would grow off HN. Now there are a few subjects where I can just point people at a link the next time a subject comes up. And the link has often grown out of repeated iterations of debate on HN and elsewhere.
It doesn't bother me that people forget HN comments. I don't forget them, and that seems the important thing.
You _are_ right that one needs to keep HN at arms length. Over the years I try not to engage in repeated back and forth. I'm not writing primarily for whoever I'm arguing with. I'm writing for the silent readers.
- kragen 4y agooh thanks i did edit some hn comments into dercuano, derctuo, and dernocua which comments of mine here do you think would be worth saving
- akkartik 4y agoAfter many years I recently have a way to follow people on HN once again (https://www.hnfollow.com https://www.hnfollow.com). Since I started following you, I've favorited a couple in particular: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33641298#33644090 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33641298#33644090 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33679360#33684545 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33679360#33684545 But I think there are others. Your view of your own darlings will be different from others. It might be worth downloading the archive in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33389843 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33389843, just because it's recent and so going to be up to date.
- kragen 4y agothank you!
- flobosg 4y agoI had no idea there were follow-ups to Dercuano. Good to know!