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The currency of upvotes suggests that many readers have appreciated my comment, perhaps because it provided them new information about an important set of issue

The currency of upvotes suggests that many readers have appreciated my comment, perhaps because it provided them new information about an important set of issues. That set of issues has been discussed in many of the comments here, and was discussed in the original article. The currency of actual cash money, which is not provided in our information-sharing environment here on Hacker News, would free up time for me to customize each comment I post more thoroughly. Under current conditions on Hacker News, I will continue to post for free, and I hope some of my comments are worth more than I bill for them. Thank you for letting me know your opinion.

rhizome 13y ago
Quite the glib and misanthropic response, not to mention the value you measure is based upon imagination and a strawman. If you're not interested in engaging the community except in terms of price, why participate? Most of the time one's hopes are not as valuable outside that person's head as they are inside.
- tokenadult 13y ago
  Thank you for letting me know your opinion. If you're not interested in engaging the community except in terms of price, why participate? I was interested in sharing information, did, was evidently appreciated for sharing the information, but also still criticized for how I did so. Fine. But I will go on sharing information here in a manner that fits my work schedule and other personal responsibilities. If all I dislike about somebody's comment is the MANNER in which it was written, when the content is accurate and helpful, my own style is not to complain about that.
gridspy 13y ago
A appreciate your comments tokenadult. Thanks for taking the time to compile and summarize this research.
anigbrowl 13y ago
A comment of this size that's not specific to the article might be better hosted on a blog and incorporated by reference, or a link to the previous discussion on HN. It's great material, but I have to agree with the GP that you post substantially the same comment every few months. It does rather swamp other contributions while being somewhat generic.
- dwaltrip 13y ago
  I think this is a great compromise.

rhizome 13y ago

Quite the glib and misanthropic response, not to mention the value you measure is based upon imagination and a strawman. If you're not interested in engaging the community except in terms of price, why participate? Most of the time one's hopes are not as valuable outside that person's head as they are inside.

tokenadult 13y ago
Thank you for letting me know your opinion. If you're not interested in engaging the community except in terms of price, why participate? I was interested in sharing information, did, was evidently appreciated for sharing the information, but also still criticized for how I did so. Fine. But I will go on sharing information here in a manner that fits my work schedule and other personal responsibilities. If all I dislike about somebody's comment is the MANNER in which it was written, when the content is accurate and helpful, my own style is not to complain about that.

gridspy 13y ago

A appreciate your comments tokenadult. Thanks for taking the time to compile and summarize this research.

anigbrowl 13y ago

A comment of this size that's not specific to the article might be better hosted on a blog and incorporated by reference, or a link to the previous discussion on HN. It's great material, but I have to agree with the GP that you post substantially the same comment every few months. It does rather swamp other contributions while being somewhat generic.

dwaltrip 13y ago
I think this is a great compromise.