Thanks for the high praise for my old comment. Moreover, thanks for bringing it up, because if I had brought it up the following thoughts would be even less mod

Thanks for the high praise for my old comment. Moreover, thanks for bringing it up, because if I had brought it up the following thoughts would be even less modest. ;) Now that we're on this subject, though, I have to confess that I have mixed feelings about that comment. On the one hand, I'm really proud of it. On the other hand, every time I think about it I have a vision of Seth Godin, dressed as the drill sergeant from Full Metal Jacket, shouting at me. ("WHY ISN'T THIS ON YOUR BLOG? YOU'VE WRITTEN SOMETHING PEOPLE LIKE. 37SIGNALS HAS LINKED IT. AND YOU HAVEN'T EVEN TOLD THEM YOUR REAL NAME! YOU'RE A DISGRACE TO MARKETERS EVERYWHERE!") It's kind of painful. [1] There's a lot more to say about this. [2] I think the fact that I can't quite figure out where I should put my own writing is a symptom of a problem with online conversation that has yet to be solved. (Though many have tried, and are still trying.) But rather than go on at great length in a comment I'll save it for that hopeless blog of mine. ;) I will say one thing now: I agree with the original submitter that the user experience of reading a link to a comment, rather than the comment itself, is horrible and frustrating and irritating. But I also agree with you: The alternative is bad as well. Because it's not as if you can adhere to a rule like "I will put my best work, the stuff I really want to preserve, on my blog; I'll reserve HN comments for random scribblings". Because your best work will probably be a random scribbling, at least when you first draft it. --- [1] www.michaelfbooth.com. There. Perhaps that will silence the voices in my head. [2] About the subject of blogs vs comments, that is. Not about me.