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Well, at least it's true there are some expectations now that there were not before: you can't show up with a "personal homepage" full of silly animated gifs, r
by Mahn 14y ago
Well, at least it's true there are some expectations now that there were not before: you can't show up with a "personal homepage" full of silly animated gifs, random midi music in the background and a photo as a repeating background image and likewise you cannot post a comment that sounds stupid, silly or random on any site and expect it to be accepted, so to speak. Most people would agree this is for the better, but hey, it is true there is less randomness and less fun, in a way.
- mseebach 14y agoIt's the eternal september. When only a select few avantgardists are on the internet, you can generally assume that a random stupid comment is, in fact, brilliant (you just don't get it yet) - when everybody and their moms (literally) are there, you have to assume that a stupid comment is just that. The great thing is that the internet has infinite capacity for people to create and congregate in increasingly smaller communities where the initial assumption still holds - ie. if you're posting on HN, you're already within 4-5 sigmas of someone whose opinion I'd care about than the average person on the net.