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• raganwald 15y ago
  http://raganwald.posterous.com/why-i-downvote-tldr-comments-on-hacker-news http://raganwald.posterous.com/why-i-downvote-tldr-comments-...
  • erikb 15y ago
    Thanks for telling me, so I could give this guy an upvote to counter :)
    • raganwald 15y ago
      Notice that I actually agree that my words were too long! I rarely actually downvote people, and almost never when they're criticizing me.
      • erikb 14y ago
        Was that agreement stated in another comment?
        • raganwald 14y ago
          I consistently write long essays and I lack the patience to edit them to manageable length. More importantly, I lack the moral fibre to discard perfectly good points. Any fool can chop filler out of an essay. It takes an author of sterling character to discard perfectly good ideas in the interest of making what remains an even better essay. And I lack that character. Having written words about an idea I like, I find it very difficult to let go of them, and my writing suffers for it
          • pg 14y ago
            Try footnotes.
            • raganwald 14y ago
              Thank you![1] [1]: Really!
• codesuela 15y ago
  created: 263 days ago you should really know better than this