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I give feedback out of a sense of community. I like the people who come to HN, and I emphasize them. When someone asks for feedback on their site, I'll usually

by e1ven 17y ago

I give feedback out of a sense of community. I like the people who come to HN, and I emphasize them. When someone asks for feedback on their site, I'll usually check their post history and how long they've been around. If they're contributing and being helpful, I'm happy to help them in return.

bdmac97 17y ago
Great reason. So no direct benefit to you personally is necessary.
- e1ven 17y ago
  Right- The hard part in trying to replicate it is that I don't know the launchly community, so I don't have any particular incentive to help them. I don't mean it coldly at all.. It's part of the whole idea of a monkeysphere- I want to help my friends because I like them, and we are close. When a blog writer launches a site, like Stack Overflow it is a step away from that- They're people I know, at least through their writing, but aren't friends with directly. Hacker News is one step further- They're people I'm aware of, I read their comments, and I like their work for the most part. I want to help them collectively, even If I don't know the person individually. Launchly.. Is just a bunch of folk. I don't really know them, so I don't have any reason to help write reviews for them. It like Babysitting- I would be happy to watch my nephew for a few hours, but I'm not going to volunteer my time to a daycare.
  - bdmac97 17y ago
    Thanks for the additional explanation! I see what you mean and the babysitting analogy is pretty good haha. So what brings you into a community? You didn't know people at HN when you started I assume... Maybe not requiring local launchly accounts (by using Disqus for comments) is actually going to work against me on the community building side of things?
    - e1ven 17y ago
      I joined the HN community because I was interested in the Ycombinator program- I imagine that most people joined for a similar reason originally. I've remained a member of the community primarily because I enjoy the discussion. While I can find the links anywhere, I really enjoy discussing and debating issues in an intelligent and civilized manner, while learning what's interesting to my peers.

by e1ven 17y ago

bdmac97 17y ago

Great reason. So no direct benefit to you personally is necessary.

e1ven 17y ago
Right- The hard part in trying to replicate it is that I don't know the launchly community, so I don't have any particular incentive to help them. I don't mean it coldly at all.. It's part of the whole idea of a monkeysphere- I want to help my friends because I like them, and we are close. When a blog writer launches a site, like Stack Overflow it is a step away from that- They're people I know, at least through their writing, but aren't friends with directly. Hacker News is one step further- They're people I'm aware of, I read their comments, and I like their work for the most part. I want to help them collectively, even If I don't know the person individually. Launchly.. Is just a bunch of folk. I don't really know them, so I don't have any reason to help write reviews for them. It like Babysitting- I would be happy to watch my nephew for a few hours, but I'm not going to volunteer my time to a daycare.
- bdmac97 17y ago
  Thanks for the additional explanation! I see what you mean and the babysitting analogy is pretty good haha. So what brings you into a community? You didn't know people at HN when you started I assume... Maybe not requiring local launchly accounts (by using Disqus for comments) is actually going to work against me on the community building side of things?
  - e1ven 17y ago
    I joined the HN community because I was interested in the Ycombinator program- I imagine that most people joined for a similar reason originally. I've remained a member of the community primarily because I enjoy the discussion. While I can find the links anywhere, I really enjoy discussing and debating issues in an intelligent and civilized manner, while learning what's interesting to my peers.