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Welcome to the internet. Maybe they erased the post by accident? How do you know that your answer solved their issue or was relevant? You might think that was
by korzun 12y ago
Welcome to the internet.
Maybe they erased the post by accident? How do you know that your answer solved their issue or was relevant? You might think that was the case but it might not be.
In general, I think this is a extremely silly.
I had instances where I would post about cloud infrastructure and somebody would crawl out of their hole to 'educate' me on colocation, thinking they are solving a ground breaking issue.
- scott_s 12y agoPlease don't fall back on things like "welcome to the internet." One, it's needlessly snarky. Two, we would like this place to be better.
- korzun 12y agoI'm glad you decided to pick out and focus on the first line from my comment.
- DanBC 12y agoWhy do people say things like this? That first line is what's attracting downvotes. It's what people are going to respond to. Someone is gently, politely, pointing out that the line "welcome to the Internet" is going to cause you problems and your response is to bicker?
- korzun 12y agoWhen I wrote that first line, I knew that somebody will completely ignore the rest of the comment and make a post about it. Adding nothing to the actual discussion. There is absolutely nothing serious about the first line. The rest of the post clearly indicates it. Reminds me of people who will show up to threads featuring proof of concept implementations and comment on how the code lacks unit testing.
- scott_s 12y agoI'm trying to gently inform you what kind of content HN aims for. Snark which does not add to the discussion is among that; it gets in the way of discussion. I'm surprised you went ahead with saying it, knowing that.
- Karunamon 12y agoA bad attitude ruins an otherwise fine post. Really, you borderline insult people and expect them not to take you to task for it? Sorry, human beings do not work that way. If you have anything worth saying, you can say it nicely.
- lotharbot 12y ago> "When I wrote that first line, I knew that somebody will completely ignore the rest of the comment" Maybe you shouldn't have included that line, then. The comment would not have suffered in any way from being shorter.
- AnimalMuppet 12y agoWe'd like that, but... after a long time of people trying to build internet communities, from newsgroups to Slashdot to Reddit to HN, it seems like this may be what the internet is. Or, perhaps, this is what you get when you allow open membership.
- AnimalMuppet 12y agoAnd the parent got downvoted. That's just too beautifully ironic not to point out.
- maxerickson 12y agoIt hasn't been all that long in human terms. Especially when you consider that it was only ~ 5 years ago that "almost everyone" in developed countries was finally online. I think in many senses, HN is a first generation response to how to get a bunch of people who don't really know each other to have a decent conversation in a low context environment.
- amitparikh 12y agoIn general, I agree with you. The nature of internet commenting is such. There should be no expectation that the parent comment will continue to live -- the comment itself should be considered "owned" by the original poster, who has the prerogative to delete it. But that shouldn't be an excuse for any of us to refrain from providing feedback, insight, and advice online. In fact, we should continue to do so with the understanding that our time in producing that comment/content is volunteered. And of course, on the other side, we should strive to retain the record of the communication chain if we are the original posters. Deleting a comment is your choice, but it's probably good practice and behavior not to.
- korzun 12y agoAgreed. But if you are giving advice you should not do it because you expect a thank you. While you might think your advice is 'good', other people might not. Nobody will thank you for bad advice. There are way too many factors when it comes to communication on the internet. Not everything falls under 'he did not thank me BECAUSE he is a jerk'. Etc.
- ColinWright 12y agoSo if you ask a direct and explicit question, and someone takes the time to provide a factually correct answer, you think it's then OK not to acknowledge in any way, manner, means, or form, that they spent time providing you with the knowledge that you had requested?