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It does seem like that is happening more lately. I'm sure the original post inspired the present author as soon as they read it, but it does take a little whil
by DigitalJack 14y ago
It does seem like that is happening more lately. I'm sure the original post inspired the present author as soon as they read it, but it does take a little while to put together a blog post, vs a reply on HN.
What I personally don't like so much is the blog posts that seem to be targeting HN. I'm not sure why it bothers me...I guess it just seems cloistered and almost incestuous.
I'm also not a fan of blog posts critiquing other blog posts. The blow-by-blow he-said/she-said format doesn't appeal to me at all. It seems to me the author in this case could have formulated his opinion into a post that didn't rely someone else's post at all.
- swombat 14y agoActually, it took about half an hour from the point where I finished reading Jack's post to when I posted this up. Swombat.com started partly as a place to aggregate my commentary on articles that I think worthy of extra attention and comments. Worth noting that I didn't submit this to HN. Others did, and they upvoted it, so clearly some people are disagreeing with your view. If you don't like it, just read something else and don't upvote. As for formulating it without mentioning Jack's article, sure, I could have done that, but that would have been dishonest and lame, since the article was indeed inspired by Jack's writings.