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Thank you Roger for a well written post. It captured my sentiments in an analogy about complexity and chaos and value. I've been a reader of HN for a long time
by pfarrell 13y ago
Thank you Roger for a well written post. It captured my sentiments in an analogy about complexity and chaos and value.
I've been a reader of HN for a long time. I am not am industry thought leader. I'm one of the nameless horde of programmers that have been integral and famous at companies you've never heard of. I've had an account for over 2200 days, but have less than 250 karma. You know why? I only comment when I have something to say that I think is pertinent. When I do comment, I spend 5-10 minutes getting my wording good enough that I won't waste anyone's time.
I will watch how this plays out, but I suspect this will be my final HN comment. This change confirms that PG does not want people like me participating in his forum. I hope I'm proved wrong; HN had been my main RSS feed for like 5 years. There's always lobste.rs
- robrenaud 13y agoIf you post high quality content, almost nothing should change. Are you upset because you didn't fit in the somewhat arbitrary initial rule to be included in the set of moderators?
- genwin 13y agoPeople downvote when they disagree. Presumably they won't endorse a pending comment when they disagree, regardless of quality.
- deveac 13y ago>I will watch how this plays out, but I suspect this will be my final HN comment. Might be a better idea to test the system and see how it affects your posts in actuality instead of relying on anecdotes from others though. Just a thought.