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Make your good comment and then don't reply to anyone who replies to you. What's good about the HN discussion format is its mostly people "adding on" to what s
by version_five 3y ago
Make your good comment and then don't reply to anyone who replies to you.
What's good about the HN discussion format is its mostly people "adding on" to what someone else said, not classic back and forth discussing. That's actually discouraged (the deeper a thread goes, the longer the delay before you can reply). And it's generally great. Internet debates suck.
Don't debate, add on.
- muzani 3y agoSo HN is basically a wiki :)
- krapp 3y agoI liken HN to an office water cooler that just happens to be next to the boss' office and HR, and both are always listening and taking notes. People are having conversations about whatever interests them, but you're being graded on intelligence, thoughtfulness, novelty, substance and civility. Wasting too much time on trivialities is counterproductive, and half the people you talk to are trying to impress the boss by sounding too clever by half.
- DANmode 3y agoWe're all writing together, for a reader.