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Thanks for the advice. One thing I don't get is why people comment on hacker news and not at the actual blog post??? Sure it gives the link more points and pu

Thanks for the advice. One thing I don't get is why people comment on hacker news and not at the actual blog post??? Sure it gives the link more points and push it to the top which will generate more traffic, but wouldn't it be more helpful if this comment was at the actual article so others reading it can benefit from it? Just a thought.

pclark 18y ago
just habit. I just like commenting on here as its nice and easy to track all my comments, and usually get more replies on here.
- eibrahim 18y ago
  That makes sense. That's why I like disqus.com because it lets you track comments across all blogs using it.
  - pclark 18y ago
    I love disqus too :) not the sense of community sadly. You want some form of aggregator that merges comments on here/digg/reddit with your blog.
TooMuchNick 18y ago
Karma whores. But seriously, mostly we care more about talking to the HN community than we do about adding value to your article. When you say "more helpful," you mean more helpful to you and your readers. "More helpful" to me might mean more accessible to Hacker News. Get used to this. The more your startup gets covered, the less control you'll have over the conversation.
- eibrahim 18y ago
  Don't get me wrong, I love hacker news. I just wish there was a way to integrate this great discussion with my article. Wordpress hacker news plugin anyone?
kragen 18y ago
There are lots of reasons to comment in different places. HN has a more pleasant UI (not as nice as Reddit's, though), I don't have to wait for the blog owner to approve my comment after moderation (or worry that they'll delete it if it's critical), I don't have to worry that it'll be rejected because it's too long or cites too many sources, I don't have to try to figure out what goofy markup the blog expects, and I can go back and see the replies to my recent comments fairly easily. And with the voting system it's easier to find the good comments. There are advantages to doing it on the blog post itself, too. People who find the blog post a year from now will see comments on the blog post itself, most blog comment software at least supports more markup than just paragraphs and italics, the blog author is more likely to read it, etc.

pclark 18y ago

just habit. I just like commenting on here as its nice and easy to track all my comments, and usually get more replies on here.

eibrahim 18y ago
That makes sense. That's why I like disqus.com because it lets you track comments across all blogs using it.
- pclark 18y ago
  I love disqus too :) not the sense of community sadly. You want some form of aggregator that merges comments on here/digg/reddit with your blog.

TooMuchNick 18y ago

Karma whores. But seriously, mostly we care more about talking to the HN community than we do about adding value to your article. When you say "more helpful," you mean more helpful to you and your readers. "More helpful" to me might mean more accessible to Hacker News. Get used to this. The more your startup gets covered, the less control you'll have over the conversation.

eibrahim 18y ago
Don't get me wrong, I love hacker news. I just wish there was a way to integrate this great discussion with my article. Wordpress hacker news plugin anyone?

kragen 18y ago

There are lots of reasons to comment in different places. HN has a more pleasant UI (not as nice as Reddit's, though), I don't have to wait for the blog owner to approve my comment after moderation (or worry that they'll delete it if it's critical), I don't have to worry that it'll be rejected because it's too long or cites too many sources, I don't have to try to figure out what goofy markup the blog expects, and I can go back and see the replies to my recent comments fairly easily. And with the voting system it's easier to find the good comments. There are advantages to doing it on the blog post itself, too. People who find the blog post a year from now will see comments on the blog post itself, most blog comment software at least supports more markup than just paragraphs and italics, the blog author is more likely to read it, etc.