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are the "reply guy" and "pet peeve syndrome" considered bad? because i think they're a big part of the value i get in the HN comments. my mental model of the c
by parpfish 10mo ago
are the "reply guy" and "pet peeve syndrome" considered bad? because i think they're a big part of the value i get in the HN comments.
my mental model of the comment section on any page is "let's get all the people interested in this article in the room and see what they talk about" rather than "here is a discussion about this article specific"
i also assume that <50% of the people in any comment section have actually read the original article and are just people hopping in to have a convo about something tangetially related to the headline.
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- skibidithink 10mo agoThe flourishing of pet peeve syndrome means that once you understand the hivemind, you can predict the comments just from the headline alone.
- xboxnolifes 9mo agoIt is bad. Its fine when you read the opinions for the first time, but after a while you notice over half of the discussion is just repeating the same off-topic talking points over and over and over again on every submission. "Off topic but...", "The CSS on this site...", "Have you noticed this web page is 5/10/20MB...", "Why is the webpage making 20+ requests...", "Microsoft bla bla bla...", "Elon Musk bla bla bla...", "I havent used cryptocurrency at all and it is bad because..." All of these on some post about a new library release or government policy or social commentary.