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Note to 6 out of the 7 commenters so far: this article is about distributed systems, not lying per se. I'm hoping this is not a bellwether of how many HN reade
by nostrademons 2y ago
Note to 6 out of the 7 commenters so far: this article is about distributed systems, not lying per se. I'm hoping this is not a bellwether of how many HN readers actually read the article.
- reaperman 2y agoMost of the earliest comments seem to be like this. They just aren't so obviously incredibly off-topic as they are here (because the title matches the topic better). Someone who reads the article and thinks about it, assembles information from their own past as well as quotes and sources simply can't write a response as quickly as someone who just throws out a one-liner based only on the title. It does happen more on certain types of articles (those that "everyone" feels they have a valid opinion on) but I have noticed this on pretty much all articles. Sometimes the commenters don't even read other comments that warn people what is not relevant to TFA.
- Sakos 2y ago... so, like a significant number of articles on HN where all the comments only discuss the title or something tangentially related to it instead of the actual article? Not sure why it's any different here than on other posts.
- simonw 2y agoIt's annoying on those posts as well.
- Sakos 2y agoI disagree. It's just the nature of how conversation works and it gives us interesting discussions and insights. I think it's more annoying that you want to try to control the direction discussions can take.
- drewcoo 2y ago> just the nature of how conversation works Than I am also annoyed by your conversations.
- MiguelX413 2y agoI'd make a distinction there.
- AndrewKemendo 2y agoThis is a perpetual complaint on every link based board that has commenting as we know from Reddit I wouldn’t put too much weight on it
- a-dub 2y agoi was thinking that. would be an interesting idea for a ranking penalty: underweight early comments to compensate for the momentum they build just from being early.
- striking 2y agoHN has a system for weighting generic or offtopic comments that aren't really connected to the OP, but it involves human review.
- aaron695 2y ago[dead]
- rufus_foreman 2y ago[flagged]
- bhaney 2y agoI haven't read most of your comment, but you're entirely and embarrassingly wrong at every conceivable level. The guidelines don't say anything about complaining, only that you shouldn't comment on whether or not someone read the article.
- rufus_foreman 2y agoLike I said, I haven't actually read the guidelines, so I can't really comment now can I?
- bhaney 2y agoOh sorry, I didn't read that part of your comment
- rufus_foreman 2y ago>> I didn't read that part of your comment Typical. I sincerely hope that is not a bellwether of...OK what the fuck is a bellwether?
- throwup238 2y ago> what the fuck is a bellwether? It’s like a bellend but rhetorical.
- rootusrootus 2y agoI figure it's just the latest variation of "first post!" Slightly more content that might be on topic, but still driven by the same impulse.
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- pvg 2y agoThe trick to this is to downvote or flag the offtopic comments and if you want to comment, write an on-topic comment. Writing meta about other comments just adds to the offtopic commentary and ends up working against the thing you're trying to improve.
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- loopdoend 2y agoI thought I was amongst a group of morally upstanding article-readers but it turns out it was all lies.
- beryilma 2y agoI often come here for the comments as I often learn more from the comments than the actual article. I don't think it is necessarily a bad thing.
- spacechild1 2y agoNothing wrong with that. But the (toplevel) comments should still reflect the article. Otherwise it can be quite annoying for people who do read the article.
- zwnow 2y agoI specificly decided to comment on the title rather than the article.
- TwoNineFive 2y agoSays a lot about people on this website, don't it?