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Re: People Searching for "Cancel Google" End Up on Wrong Page, Add Comments

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Post by _delirium »

The comments he quotes sound most likely to be fake rather than genuinely confused people. "I got the Internet from my dad so I can get the pokemons" is the sort of thing an internet denizen is more likely to say sarcastically, than an internet newbie is likely to say genuinely.

Re: People Searching for "Cancel Google" End Up on Wrong Page, Add Comments

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Post by jcmhn »

_delirium wrote: post #3

The comments he quotes sound most likely to be fake rather than genuinely confused people. "I got the Internet from my dad so I can get the pokemons" is the sort of thing an internet denizen is more likely to say sarcastically, than an internet newbie is likely to say genuinely.

I remember seeing that page the other day during the RWW facebook thing and being pretty sure it was going to fill up with those sorts of jokes.

Real users are way funnier than troll-wannabes could ever be, because they sometimes manage to mangle and misunderstand things in a way that reveals that they live in a completely different universe than you do.

Re: People Searching for "Cancel Google" End Up on Wrong Page, Add Comments

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Post by jrockway »

kl4m wrote: post #5
jrockway wrote: post #2

If this isn't an argument for removing commenting capability from all blog software, I don't know what is.

We should remove commenting capability here as well while we're at it!

There's a difference between sites designed solely for commenting on arbitrary articles, and comments sections tacked on as an afterthought.

Have you ever seen an intelligent, multi-comment discussion in blog comments? What about here? That's the difference.

Re: People Searching for "Cancel Google" End Up on Wrong Page, Add Comments

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Post by jrockway »

_delirium wrote: post #3

The comments he quotes sound most likely to be fake rather than genuinely confused people. "I got the Internet from my dad so I can get the pokemons" is the sort of thing an internet denizen is more likely to say sarcastically, than an internet newbie is likely to say genuinely.

He says that he deleted the original comments, but then realized it was too funny to keep deleting them.

So most of the legitimate ones are in the bit-bucket. But keep in mind that this happened 3 years ago.

Re: People Searching for "Cancel Google" End Up on Wrong Page, Add Comments

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Post by [deleted] »

jrockway wrote: post #6
kl4m wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We should remove commenting capability here as well while we're at it!

There's a difference between sites designed solely for commenting on arbitrary articles, and comments sections tacked on as an afterthought. Have you ever seen an intelligent, multi-comment discussion in blog comments? What about here? That's the difference.

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Re: People Searching for "Cancel Google" End Up on Wrong Page, Add Comments

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Post by someperson »

jrockway wrote: post #6
kl4m wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We should remove commenting capability here as well while we're at it!

There's a difference between sites designed solely for commenting on arbitrary articles, and comments sections tacked on as an afterthought. Have you ever seen an intelligent, multi-comment discussion in blog comments? What about here? That's the difference.

Overcoming Bias (Robin Hanson's blog) have decent discussions for a blog...
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