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They're not really discussions without comments so just end up being links to nowhere.

by pvg 3y ago

latchkey 3y ago
Sadly people don’t seem to discuss hummingbirds on HN, yet they do post a lot about them. Links to nowhere seems unfair, along with the downvote.
- pvg 3y ago
  There's a convention of posting previous discussions so people can see previous discussion. If there's no discussion and you think the links themselves are interesting, you can just post the links.
  - latchkey 3y ago
    I did post the links. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    - mikestew 3y ago
      ...and advertised them as "Discussions on similar submissions", where no discussion took place. Just post the links, as parent recommended, rather than making readers go through the intermediate step of clicking an HN link. And then clearly label it as "other links about hummingbirds" rather than "Discussions...". :-)
      - latchkey 3y ago
        2 of the links did have comments. The bike shedding over 'discussions' versus 'comments' is amazing.
        pvg 3y ago
        It's pretty much the HN convention, you can find lots of moderator and other comments about it. Posting links to previous significant discussions makes sense, posting links to links a lot less so.
        latchkey 3y ago
        I thought we were supposed to be talking about Humming Birds, not bike shedding a comment. I have feeder outside my window. They come and go all day long. Beautiful birds really.
        meristohm 3y ago
        I think your critics have a point. I looked at the text of the links, then at the number of comments, and skipped all of them, because I'm mainly here for a c82 page, but I am a sucker for HN discussions. It was misleading, unless meant as a presage to the eventual discussions your linking will generate?
- meristohm 3y ago
  You put some effort into making that list, and if I were someone who felt inspired to post links about hummingbirds, this would be a helpful list indeed, saving me some time checking previous submissions. You're technically correct that you've linked to discussions with 0 or more comments. I appreciate your contribution.
11235813213455 3y ago
did you know you can click the thread title to go to the original article? then learn something about these amazing creatures that are so much more important than humans, and then comment about it
- pvg 3y ago
  I did know that! I also know you can post urls directly.
terr-dav 3y ago
links to somewhere: Hummingbird Moths https://www.hummingbirdsplus.org/hummingbird-moth-facts/ https://www.hummingbirdsplus.org/hummingbird-moth-facts/ Why Hummingbirds Are Evil Procrastination, Laziness and Play https://sonnet.io/posts/hummingbirds https://sonnet.io/posts/hummingbirds Humming birds suffer if they move uphill to escape the warming climate https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/09/06/hummingbirds-can-smell-their-way-out-danger https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/09/06/hummingbirds-can-sm... Hummingbirds see colors we can’t even imagine https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/hummingbirds-see-colors-outside-rainbow https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/hummingbi... Ecuadorian hummingbirds chirp ultrasonic songs of seduction https://phys.org/news/2020-07-ecuadorian-hummingbirds-chirp-ultrasonic-songs.html https://phys.org/news/2020-07-ecuadorian-hummingbirds-chirp-... Hummingbirds Can See Colors We Can’t Even Imagine https://www.wired.com/story/hummingbirds-can-see-colors-we-cant-even-imagine https://www.wired.com/story/hummingbirds-can-see-colors-we-c...

They're not really discussions without comments so just end up being links to nowhere.

by pvg 3y ago

They're not really discussions without comments so just end up being links to nowhere.

Sadly people don’t seem to discuss hummingbirds on HN, yet they do post a lot about them. Links to nowhere seems unfair, along with the downvote.

pvg 3y ago
There's a convention of posting previous discussions so people can see previous discussion. If there's no discussion and you think the links themselves are interesting, you can just post the links.
- latchkey 3y ago
  I did post the links. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  - mikestew 3y ago
    ...and advertised them as "Discussions on similar submissions", where no discussion took place. Just post the links, as parent recommended, rather than making readers go through the intermediate step of clicking an HN link. And then clearly label it as "other links about hummingbirds" rather than "Discussions...". :-)
    - latchkey 3y ago
      2 of the links did have comments. The bike shedding over 'discussions' versus 'comments' is amazing.
      - pvg 3y ago
        It's pretty much the HN convention, you can find lots of moderator and other comments about it. Posting links to previous significant discussions makes sense, posting links to links a lot less so.
        latchkey 3y ago
        I thought we were supposed to be talking about Humming Birds, not bike shedding a comment. I have feeder outside my window. They come and go all day long. Beautiful birds really.
      - meristohm 3y ago
        I think your critics have a point. I looked at the text of the links, then at the number of comments, and skipped all of them, because I'm mainly here for a c82 page, but I am a sucker for HN discussions. It was misleading, unless meant as a presage to the eventual discussions your linking will generate?
meristohm 3y ago
You put some effort into making that list, and if I were someone who felt inspired to post links about hummingbirds, this would be a helpful list indeed, saving me some time checking previous submissions. You're technically correct that you've linked to discussions with 0 or more comments. I appreciate your contribution.

11235813213455 3y ago

did you know you can click the thread title to go to the original article? then learn something about these amazing creatures that are so much more important than humans, and then comment about it

pvg 3y ago
I did know that! I also know you can post urls directly.

terr-dav 3y ago

links to somewhere: Hummingbird Moths https://www.hummingbirdsplus.org/hummingbird-moth-facts/ https://www.hummingbirdsplus.org/hummingbird-moth-facts/ Why Hummingbirds Are Evil Procrastination, Laziness and Play https://sonnet.io/posts/hummingbirds https://sonnet.io/posts/hummingbirds Humming birds suffer if they move uphill to escape the warming climate https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/09/06/hummingbirds-can-smell-their-way-out-danger https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/09/06/hummingbirds-can-sm... Hummingbirds see colors we can’t even imagine https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/hummingbirds-see-colors-outside-rainbow https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/hummingbi... Ecuadorian hummingbirds chirp ultrasonic songs of seduction https://phys.org/news/2020-07-ecuadorian-hummingbirds-chirp-ultrasonic-songs.html https://phys.org/news/2020-07-ecuadorian-hummingbirds-chirp-... Hummingbirds Can See Colors We Can’t Even Imagine https://www.wired.com/story/hummingbirds-can-see-colors-we-cant-even-imagine https://www.wired.com/story/hummingbirds-can-see-colors-we-c...