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Hold your horses, I was just replying to your comment, not the article content. If people like the article, they should comment with why. If people don't like

by mehwoot 14y ago

Hold your horses, I was just replying to your comment, not the article content. If people like the article, they should comment with why. If people don't like it, they should likewise do so. That way people can have discussions. The "if you don't like it go somewhere else" line of thinking is vapid and the world would be worse off if everybody did that. People should challenge each other.

sbuk 14y ago
When some has commented "Maybe it's just me, but the Jobs worship on HN is getting pretty annoying.", it is vapid, as you say and without any tangible value or merit. It's not a particularly useful or constructive discussion and it certainly doesn't "challenge" anything or anyone. It's whining, and IMHO trolling. As I pointed out, there seems to me to be as much fawning of Linus' G+ comments. As the OP of this particular branch perhaps admires Linus, he doesn't notice it as much. Cognitive bias in action. My suggestion, which I totally stand by, yet apologised for, was actually meant constructively.
- mehwoot 14y ago
  When some has commented "Maybe it's just me, but the Jobs worship on HN is getting pretty annoying.", it is vapid, as you say and without any tangible value or merit. I disagree. It started a discussion and then you replied with how it isn't really out of line for things that people like. Cognitive bias in action. Yes, I agree. That's why it is good that the person commented and you replied. If they had just ignored the article, they wouldn't have received that information. How would anybody ever learn anything if we just read and discussed those things we already agree with?
  - sbuk 14y ago
    Nothing of merit. It's wasted the time of at least three people. If the OP had kept such a petty thought to themselves, the world would be no worse off. Nothing insightful has been shared...

by mehwoot 14y ago

sbuk 14y ago

When some has commented "Maybe it's just me, but the Jobs worship on HN is getting pretty annoying.", it is vapid, as you say and without any tangible value or merit. It's not a particularly useful or constructive discussion and it certainly doesn't "challenge" anything or anyone. It's whining, and IMHO trolling. As I pointed out, there seems to me to be as much fawning of Linus' G+ comments. As the OP of this particular branch perhaps admires Linus, he doesn't notice it as much. Cognitive bias in action. My suggestion, which I totally stand by, yet apologised for, was actually meant constructively.

mehwoot 14y ago
When some has commented "Maybe it's just me, but the Jobs worship on HN is getting pretty annoying.", it is vapid, as you say and without any tangible value or merit. I disagree. It started a discussion and then you replied with how it isn't really out of line for things that people like. Cognitive bias in action. Yes, I agree. That's why it is good that the person commented and you replied. If they had just ignored the article, they wouldn't have received that information. How would anybody ever learn anything if we just read and discussed those things we already agree with?
- sbuk 14y ago
  Nothing of merit. It's wasted the time of at least three people. If the OP had kept such a petty thought to themselves, the world would be no worse off. Nothing insightful has been shared...