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If a blog post gets shared to HN and it's worth commenting on, it will get commented on at HN. Similarly with Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, etc. So why shouldn't t
by mooism2 14y ago
If a blog post gets shared to HN and it's worth commenting on, it will get commented on at HN. Similarly with Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, etc. So why shouldn't the post link to those conversations?
The problems I have with “Comment on this post on HN” are
(1) it assumes the post is on-topic for HN (if the text and link automatically appear on every post, then perhaps not)
(2) it privileges the discussion of the post on HN over any discussions that may occur on other sites (granted some discussions on e.g. Facebook and some fora deliberately hide themselves away from a broader audience)
Curating links to these conversations is work... but so is curating blog comments. Why not swap one for the other?
- davidw 14y agoI agree with what you wrote, but: > curating blog comments. Do you mean "moderating" them?
- mooism2 14y agoI partly mean “moderating” --- deleting spam, disemvowelling incivility, that sort of thing. But also highlighting the better comments (the best comments, if worthy enough, should be highlighted by referring to them in a subsequent post, but the remaining better than average comments should be highlighted somehow), editing comments to correct typos/spelling/grammar/formatting, grouping similar comments together. Basically, anything that makes it more worth my while as a reader to actually read the comments.