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Hi! Welcome to Hacker News, please add something more substantive than just reaffirming the post above yours. Posters like me want to actually read posts that a
by Joakal 15y ago
Hi! Welcome to Hacker News, please add something more substantive than just reaffirming the post above yours. Posters like me want to actually read posts that are informative, insightful, etc. So we would unfortunately downvote posts like yours for not adding to the discussion.
- unimpressive 15y agoI was actually referring to more than just MG here. I see this on publications as prestigious as the New York Times. In an age where everyone has a voice, the roar of the crowd hurts when it's yelling at you.
- tatsuke95 15y agoI'll clarify, since the fellow above sounded a bit terse, but was entirely sincere: Unlike...99% of forums out there, HackerNews frowns on the "I agree" and "this" type comments. I don't think that was your intention, but since only high reputation posters can actually downvote, you'll get buried if your comment is breviloquent. This has pros and cons, but is a net positive. Anyway, welcome to HackerNews.
- unimpressive 15y agoI've been a lurker for a while. I understand this. When I first made the comment all the other comments were on this "MG is a hypocrite" meme, which I wanted to steer the discussion from to a broader point of "Well you know, theres a lot more blog authors out there who do something pretty similar." In MG's defense, he himself admitted that he'd done the exact things he talks about in the article. I probably could have made that first point with a lot less snark. But changing it now probably won't do much good.