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Please refrain next time. It's completely off-topic.

by xnxn 11y ago

scrollaway 11y ago
When websites suck (for example, those horrible, horrible websites that break right click, scroll wheel or the back button), nobody hesitates to point it out. Twitter is a pretty awful format to .. essentially write a whole article. Gotta agree with GP...
- DanBC 11y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739 > A reader emailed to complain about how this and other HN discussions often become derailed by off-topic carping about blog design. I agree completely. Could there be a more classic form of bikeshedding? It would seem parodic if it weren't sadly real. This has become more of a thing on HN lately. It needs to become less of a thing. > I don't mean to pick on you personally, or just on this one comment. (Your second sentence alone, by the way, would have been a helpful contribution.) The problem is the tedious stampedes such comments spawn.
  - J_Darnley 11y ago
    Honestly, what is the problem with ranting and railing about poor design, poor execution, and poor UX? This website seems obsessed with good versions of these three things so why can't we bitch about these things when they appear?
    - DanBC 11y ago
      If the design is what's being shown, and you can make a constructive criticism then probably go ahead. But it's boring and tedious when the first comments to a detailed technical post are about the blog platform or the font. It's off-putting for people writing those articles and as dang says above it's off-putting for some readers.
      - jay_kyburz 11y ago
        Sorry DanBC, I agree that my comment was probably unnecessary. But I do feel that the medium is an important part of the message, and that the whole point of these threads are to share one's personal opinions and give feedback. I spoke up because I do unfollow people who use twitter like this and it makes me sad because I would otherwise be interested in what they have to say.
        DanBC 11y ago
        I agree with you - I hated the format of this article and I wish there was a way for HN to provide constructive meta feedback.
- xnxn 11y ago
  > When websites suck [...] nobody hesitates to point it out. That's very true, but I downvote those comments also. I wish we could stick to discussing the content.
- arrrg 11y ago
  That is exactly as annoying and sucks every time. It’s so, so, so, so very irrelevant and uninteresting and so boring. If I could nuke only one thing on HN it would be … well, it would be the horrific sexism … but after that it’s pointless complaints like these.

Please refrain next time. It's completely off-topic.

by xnxn 11y ago

Please refrain next time. It's completely off-topic.

When websites suck (for example, those horrible, horrible websites that break right click, scroll wheel or the back button), nobody hesitates to point it out. Twitter is a pretty awful format to .. essentially write a whole article. Gotta agree with GP...

DanBC 11y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739 > A reader emailed to complain about how this and other HN discussions often become derailed by off-topic carping about blog design. I agree completely. Could there be a more classic form of bikeshedding? It would seem parodic if it weren't sadly real. This has become more of a thing on HN lately. It needs to become less of a thing. > I don't mean to pick on you personally, or just on this one comment. (Your second sentence alone, by the way, would have been a helpful contribution.) The problem is the tedious stampedes such comments spawn.
- J_Darnley 11y ago
  Honestly, what is the problem with ranting and railing about poor design, poor execution, and poor UX? This website seems obsessed with good versions of these three things so why can't we bitch about these things when they appear?
  - DanBC 11y ago
    If the design is what's being shown, and you can make a constructive criticism then probably go ahead. But it's boring and tedious when the first comments to a detailed technical post are about the blog platform or the font. It's off-putting for people writing those articles and as dang says above it's off-putting for some readers.
    - jay_kyburz 11y ago
      Sorry DanBC, I agree that my comment was probably unnecessary. But I do feel that the medium is an important part of the message, and that the whole point of these threads are to share one's personal opinions and give feedback. I spoke up because I do unfollow people who use twitter like this and it makes me sad because I would otherwise be interested in what they have to say.
      - DanBC 11y ago
        I agree with you - I hated the format of this article and I wish there was a way for HN to provide constructive meta feedback.
xnxn 11y ago
> When websites suck [...] nobody hesitates to point it out. That's very true, but I downvote those comments also. I wish we could stick to discussing the content.
arrrg 11y ago
That is exactly as annoying and sucks every time. It’s so, so, so, so very irrelevant and uninteresting and so boring. If I could nuke only one thing on HN it would be … well, it would be the horrific sexism … but after that it’s pointless complaints like these.