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"I don't care how prominent a person is" I love the entire concept of calling a top commenter "prominent". As if what they say (because they have so much karma

by larrys 13y ago

"I don't care how prominent a person is" I love the entire concept of calling a top commenter "prominent". As if what they say (because they have so much karma) is so valuable and not replaceable. Unfortunately I didn't follow raganwald closely so I can't say much about the types of things he would get involved in. As far as value and benefit I think a "grellas" is higher on the scale [1] of "prominence" because of the type of things he discusses (law) even though he is lower on the karma scale. Basically because of not only what I learn but the degree to which I can be safe in assuming it is correct (perhaps because the subject is not as subjective.) https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders Edit [1] Of course I will preempt the obvious rebuttal which is to say since I don't really know much about raganwald comments (I have read them but don't particularly remember anything or his slant and knowledge) how do I know he shouldn't rank higher in prominence?

quesera 13y ago
> I love the entire concept of calling a top commenter "prominent". "Prominent" in the sense of "highly visible" or "widely known". I don't see the argument against that label. Maybe you're thinking of "preeminent"? That would be a higher bar.
- larrys 13y ago
  Definition I come up with for prominent is "important and well-known". http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prominent http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prominent And that is what the definition and typical usage for me (and observed by others) has always been. (Perhaps for a non american speaker it is different).
  - quesera 13y ago
    Sorry, got carried away with my recommendation of "preeminent" as a replacement with a stronger connotation of importance. The two are colloquially interchangeable, I agree. Back to semantics: in Latin, prominere means "jutting out, standing out". I fall for the originalist definition sometimes, though certainly a thing's importance can be derived from its prominence. :)

by larrys 13y ago

quesera 13y ago

> I love the entire concept of calling a top commenter "prominent". "Prominent" in the sense of "highly visible" or "widely known". I don't see the argument against that label. Maybe you're thinking of "preeminent"? That would be a higher bar.

larrys 13y ago
Definition I come up with for prominent is "important and well-known". http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prominent http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prominent And that is what the definition and typical usage for me (and observed by others) has always been. (Perhaps for a non american speaker it is different).
- quesera 13y ago
  Sorry, got carried away with my recommendation of "preeminent" as a replacement with a stronger connotation of importance. The two are colloquially interchangeable, I agree. Back to semantics: in Latin, prominere means "jutting out, standing out". I fall for the originalist definition sometimes, though certainly a thing's importance can be derived from its prominence. :)