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Yes..?

• andrewflnr 2y ago
  Really? Go into the next HN thread and see how many deeply nested comments you can make sense of by looking only at their parent.
  • noncoml 2y ago
    You are not doing HN right if you are only reading the parent
    • lukan 2y ago
      Yeah, you both seem to agree. The larger context matters.
      • andrewflnr 2y ago
        Me: > And everything is always in exactly one easily defined context, right? So for a comment reply we already know the full context just by looking at its immediate parent. That's how nested replies work, right? noncoml: > Yes..? But somehow, also noncoml: > You are not doing HN right if you are only reading the parent I give up.
    • andrewflnr 2y ago
      Correct. Why is that? Apply this logic to the current comment chain, starting from OP.