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Comments include "They're probably lying," "This is like a parent posting their kindergartener's first crayon house-and-trees-and-sun drawings out into

by cbr 12y ago

Comments include "They're probably lying," "This is like a parent posting their kindergartener's first crayon house-and-trees-and-sun drawings out into blogs," etc. And most of those comments were heavily endorsed by this community Hmm; I remember that thread as much more positive. Let's look back over top level comments and look at ratios? [1] supportive: I did this kind of thing too! [2] dismissive: this sound suspicious [3] supportive: nostalgic [4] supportive: modern stuff shouldn't be harder to use [5] supportive: I did something similar [6] supportive: astonishing story [7] dismissive: nitpicking remembered memory sizes [8] supportive: fascinating story [9] supportive: we should be talking about the op, not ourselves [10] supportive: I did similar stuff too [11] dismissive: win2x > win98 [12] supportive: similar experience; would love to talk [13] dismissive: not an os, it's a shell ... Seems largely positive? And I'm not seeing either of the two quotes you reference. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747260 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747255 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747255 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747247 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747247 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747523 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747523 [5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747278 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747278 [6] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747624 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747624 [7] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747248 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747248 [8] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747244 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747244 [9] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8748571 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8748571 [10] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8751978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8751978 [11] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747364 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747364 [12] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747228 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747228 [13] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747712 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8747712

pekk 12y ago
The dismissive criticism was not only present, but in a large proportion of messages; and those criticisms were supported by upvotes. These facts make a very clear statement about HN. I'm not sure what you are trying to prove with your ratios, do you think that the only issue is whether the ratio is better or worse than 1:1?
sillysaurus3 12y ago
The second toplevel comment ("this sounds suspicious") and its replies were mostly what I was referring to. The original author had to show up and defend himself, something that would rightly terrify many newbies. Comments near the top are exponentially more representative, both because of upvotes and because of the number of replies they engender. Although it's interesting that a toplevel-only view results in a much more positive outlook. I wonder if I could write an extension to hide all replies by default to see what various threads would look like.

by cbr 12y ago

pekk 12y ago

The dismissive criticism was not only present, but in a large proportion of messages; and those criticisms were supported by upvotes. These facts make a very clear statement about HN. I'm not sure what you are trying to prove with your ratios, do you think that the only issue is whether the ratio is better or worse than 1:1?

sillysaurus3 12y ago

The second toplevel comment ("this sounds suspicious") and its replies were mostly what I was referring to. The original author had to show up and defend himself, something that would rightly terrify many newbies. Comments near the top are exponentially more representative, both because of upvotes and because of the number of replies they engender. Although it's interesting that a toplevel-only view results in a much more positive outlook. I wonder if I could write an extension to hide all replies by default to see what various threads would look like.