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Explains a lot, there's no such thing as substance without controversy.

• Smaug123 1y ago
  Basically false, I think? From the first couple of pages of the top-of-all-time HN posts: * War stories (e.g. "How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70%" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26296339 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26296339 ) * Anything by ciechanow.ski (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42443229 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42443229 ) * Strange bits of personal whimsy (e.g. "I sell onions on the Internet" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132 ) * Neat toys (e.g. 2048, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7373566 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7373566 )
  • codr7 1y ago
    popularity != substance
    • Smaug123 1y ago
      You might have noticed that I didn't quote upvote figures, and that I omitted a bunch of possible options. I sorted by popularity and then selected ones with substance. (I presume you're not asserting that they have no substance by virtue of the fact that they were popular.)