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For me it would make it much more interesting Right but the forum has been around for 15+ years and also aims for interestingness for the many users that are n

by pvg 3y ago

For me it would make it much more interesting Right but the forum has been around for 15+ years and also aims for interestingness for the many users that are not you.

nonrandomstring 3y ago
That's a snarky false dichotomy pvg, and you should know better. There's no reason it cannot be improved no matter how long things have been as they are, and there's no reason it can't be more interesting for me and for others.
- pvg 3y ago
  It’s a dichotomy you got us into with your own snark. You haven’t described how what you’re suggesting (a very very common HN suggestion) would improve HN. I told you why it thought it wouldn’t.
  - nonrandomstring 3y ago
    > You haven’t described how what you’re suggesting (a very very common HN suggestion) would improve HN. Well that's not true. I've said that I believe getting detailed feedback from a known respondent is better than anonymous up or downvotes, and that since downvotes affect visibility if ones aim is to improve the quality of posting/writing then it's a superior form of feedback. You call it "noise". I think that's just where we'll have to differ. Might I also say that it being a "very, very common" suggestion might bolster my point rather than subtract from it. We're all believers in supply and demand here, right? Anyway I must hush my tongue as Dang is wagging a finger at me for being too mouthy. :) respects
    - pvg 3y ago
      It's a long dead thread so you have plenty of mouthiness latitude. As to very very common suggestion? It has an equally common and even more persuasive rebuttal which, again, you've not addressed on its merits at all. You have 'I'd find it interesting', 'I don't like you dismissing it as noise' and 'you say many other people have had this bad idea thus it's not a bad idea'. These are all a little indirect, meta and not really responsive to the counterargument.

by pvg 3y ago

For me it would make it much more interesting Right but the forum has been around for 15+ years and also aims for interestingness for the many users that are not you.

nonrandomstring 3y ago

That's a snarky false dichotomy pvg, and you should know better. There's no reason it cannot be improved no matter how long things have been as they are, and there's no reason it can't be more interesting for me and for others.

pvg 3y ago
It’s a dichotomy you got us into with your own snark. You haven’t described how what you’re suggesting (a very very common HN suggestion) would improve HN. I told you why it thought it wouldn’t.
- nonrandomstring 3y ago
  > You haven’t described how what you’re suggesting (a very very common HN suggestion) would improve HN. Well that's not true. I've said that I believe getting detailed feedback from a known respondent is better than anonymous up or downvotes, and that since downvotes affect visibility if ones aim is to improve the quality of posting/writing then it's a superior form of feedback. You call it "noise". I think that's just where we'll have to differ. Might I also say that it being a "very, very common" suggestion might bolster my point rather than subtract from it. We're all believers in supply and demand here, right? Anyway I must hush my tongue as Dang is wagging a finger at me for being too mouthy. :) respects
  - pvg 3y ago
    It's a long dead thread so you have plenty of mouthiness latitude. As to very very common suggestion? It has an equally common and even more persuasive rebuttal which, again, you've not addressed on its merits at all. You have 'I'd find it interesting', 'I don't like you dismissing it as noise' and 'you say many other people have had this bad idea thus it's not a bad idea'. These are all a little indirect, meta and not really responsive to the counterargument.