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Watching your follower count like a hawk is a little like obsessively checking HN to see whether your comments have been upmodded and/or provoked replies. (thi
by raganwald 17y ago
Watching your follower count like a hawk is a little like obsessively checking HN to see whether your comments have been upmodded and/or provoked replies.
(thinks)
Oh dear.
- erlanger 17y agoI don't think there's anything wrong with paying attention to what's essentially a discussion forum. Tracing one's follower count would be akin to tracking the "Read" stats on a forum topic instead of "Replies."
- raganwald 17y agoNothing really wrong with it. But let's just say I'm glad there's no "Subscribe to these comments via SMS" option :-)