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> A comment on HN is going to be mature and reasoned; often expanding or exploring technical issues raised That's what I love about HN : the content of comment
by radicalbyte 15y ago
> A comment on HN is going to be mature and reasoned; often expanding or exploring technical issues raised
That's what I love about HN : the content of comments here are of a very high quality.
It's something that I've noticed with my own posts - well reasoned comments attract a lot of positive karma. Even if you're taking a controversial stance on an issue.
- danssig 15y agoThis is true. Historically, I've gotten the most points on posts I posted expecting massive downvotes on due to their controversial nature.
- stanmancan 15y agoAt least 50% of the time I don't even read the article, I just read the comments. I tend to be more interested in the conversation the posts generate than the posts themselves.
- erickhill 15y agoI would venture to guess I read the comments 90% more than the actual posts. The discussion (or the subject) will occasionally lead me to read the article in depth, but more often than not the discourse here is more enlightening overall. I can easily say HN is the only community where my behavior follows this model.
- stanmancan 15y ago90% is actually a more realistic metric for myself as well. I was being generous leaving it at "over 50%"....