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I found that the best way to submit a good comment is to edit your comment at least 3 times. Anyway, I found that this feature is a bit annoying especially some

by siong1987 18y ago

I found that the best way to submit a good comment is to edit your comment at least 3 times. Anyway, I found that this feature is a bit annoying especially some people edit their comments straight after someone replies to the comment. Sometimes, I even see some replies are totally unrelated to the comment because the commentor change the comment after people put replies to the comment. And, never write a reply that is against PG if you want to keep your karma point high. Some people will downvote your reply blindly.

tokenadult 18y ago
"never write a reply that is against PG if you want to keep your karma point high." Really? I'd expect pg himself, at least, to upvote a comment that gets him to think. I don't think I've tried yet the experiment of disagreeing with him directly. I'll observe the results if I do. To answer the main question, I like comments that grapple with the main point of the post or comment to which they are replying, and especially comments that link out to useful resources on the same or a related subject. A kind of comment I would like to see more of, a kind I have posted but don't get a lot of upvotes from, is asking a question along the lines of "How could we find out more about the facts of this issue?" or "What is the significance of this statement and its importance?" (You can see specific examples in the listing of my comments with low upvote totals. :) ) I really would like to know from the smart people here how they gather and evaluate evidence and how they make social policy trade-offs among competing interests.
- jamesbritt 18y ago
  "Really? I'd expect pg himself, at least, to upvote a comment that gets him to think." Perhaps a better general version is, "Criticize the content of a comment, not the writer or their style." 'A kind of comment I would like to see more of, a kind I have posted but don't get a lot of upvotes from, is asking a question along the lines of "How could we find out more about the facts of this issue?" or "What is the significance of this statement and its importance?" ' From time to time I like to ask how someone happens to know whatever it is they are claiming. It does not seem tot be a popular question, though.
  - trapper 18y ago
    Agreed. I come from a medical background and we have to back everything with evidence. Even though it's computer science, most opinions of software guys tend to be backed up by blog posts or group think unfortunately. I am not sure how many people even read citeseer! Case in point: has there been any research touting the effectiveness of agile methods? What effect does pair programming have on productivity? Most opinions on the subject I have ever read haven't even looked, they just use anecdote and groupthink as their evidence. It's like listening to supplement pushers.
  - tokenadult 18y ago
    "From time to time I like to ask how someone happens to know whatever it is they are claiming. It does not seem tot be a popular question, though." Feel free to ask me that any time. I hope I notice your comments and upvote them when you do that.

tokenadult 18y ago

"never write a reply that is against PG if you want to keep your karma point high." Really? I'd expect pg himself, at least, to upvote a comment that gets him to think. I don't think I've tried yet the experiment of disagreeing with him directly. I'll observe the results if I do. To answer the main question, I like comments that grapple with the main point of the post or comment to which they are replying, and especially comments that link out to useful resources on the same or a related subject. A kind of comment I would like to see more of, a kind I have posted but don't get a lot of upvotes from, is asking a question along the lines of "How could we find out more about the facts of this issue?" or "What is the significance of this statement and its importance?" (You can see specific examples in the listing of my comments with low upvote totals. :) ) I really would like to know from the smart people here how they gather and evaluate evidence and how they make social policy trade-offs among competing interests.

jamesbritt 18y ago
"Really? I'd expect pg himself, at least, to upvote a comment that gets him to think." Perhaps a better general version is, "Criticize the content of a comment, not the writer or their style." 'A kind of comment I would like to see more of, a kind I have posted but don't get a lot of upvotes from, is asking a question along the lines of "How could we find out more about the facts of this issue?" or "What is the significance of this statement and its importance?" ' From time to time I like to ask how someone happens to know whatever it is they are claiming. It does not seem tot be a popular question, though.
- trapper 18y ago
  Agreed. I come from a medical background and we have to back everything with evidence. Even though it's computer science, most opinions of software guys tend to be backed up by blog posts or group think unfortunately. I am not sure how many people even read citeseer! Case in point: has there been any research touting the effectiveness of agile methods? What effect does pair programming have on productivity? Most opinions on the subject I have ever read haven't even looked, they just use anecdote and groupthink as their evidence. It's like listening to supplement pushers.
- tokenadult 18y ago
  "From time to time I like to ask how someone happens to know whatever it is they are claiming. It does not seem tot be a popular question, though." Feel free to ask me that any time. I hope I notice your comments and upvote them when you do that.