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>>>>>> Why does the comment field exist if not to write a comment? Maybe the design of the site should reflect the policy, instead of ambiguity that results in
by panarky 3y ago
>>>>>> Why does the comment field exist if not to write a comment?
Maybe the design of the site should reflect the policy, instead of ambiguity that results in polluting the entire first page with meta-commentary about HN policy instead of the actual post.
- Jtsummers 3y ago>>>>>>> Why does the comment field exist if not to write a comment? There is no comment field in submissions. Click submit and see what the three fields are, none of them are "comment". The site's design and behavior reflects the policy.
- Brian_K_White 3y agoThen what are we even talking about? Is the field explicitly labeled some other way that means "this is not for your commentary"? I actually didn't assume it necessarily had a label that said literally "Comment:". I posted something just the other day myself and don't remember how the field was lebeled, but I sure wrote a comment in it, because it was just the obvious thing to do. (and the comment appeared in the form of a regular comment as though I had just added a comment like anyone else, not with the url.) So I don't know how people actually even write those posts with text and a url, since when I tried, it didn't do that, but, I also cannot begin to guess why anyone has a problem with it. Why in the world is it wrong to say why you posted something, what aspect of it you found noteworthy, as you post it?