Hacker News comments I'm tired of seeing (2013)

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Post by mtmail » Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 10:40 PM UTC

Hacker News comments I'm tired of seeing (2013)
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Re: Hacker News comments I'm tired of seeing (2013)

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Post by mtmail » Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 10:43 PM UTC

I haven't seen a couple of these recently. Especially the +1 seems to be less popular (personal observation, not backed up by any data).

My addition would be "Oh [based on the title] I thought the article was about [something totally different]" which adds no value to other readers.

Re: Hacker News comments I'm tired of seeing (2013)

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Post by dmfdmf » Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 10:50 PM UTC

When someone cites the Dunning-Kruger Effect I like to counter with the Dunning-Kruger Effect Effect.[1] This also illustrates my own pet-peeve of starting references with index [0].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12918362

Re: Hacker News comments I'm tired of seeing (2013)

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Post by rootusrootus » Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 11:57 PM UTC

dmfdmf wrote: post #3

When someone cites the Dunning-Kruger Effect I like to counter with the Dunning-Kruger Effect Effect.[1] This also illustrates my own pet-peeve of starting references with index [0]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12918362

As I recall, either Dunning or Kruger also pointed out a long time ago that the effect they were observing shouldn't be seen so much as an indictment of stupid people, but as a warning to anyone who thought they were smart.

Re: Hacker News comments I'm tired of seeing (2013)

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Post by jxub » Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 11:59 PM UTC

The fact that there are some comments that are tiresome doesn't mean that the readership is like that.

Correlation is not causation.

Re: Hacker News comments I'm tired of seeing (2013)

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Post by tomhoward » Sun, Jul 22, 2018, 12:00 AM UTC

mtmail wrote: post #2

I haven't seen a couple of these recently. Especially the +1 seems to be less popular (personal observation, not backed up by any data). My addition would be "Oh [based on the title] I thought the article was about [something totally different]" which adds no value to other readers.

You don’t see much of any of these tropes anymore, at least without being downvoted and/or flagged and/or chided by the moderators.

Re: Hacker News comments I'm tired of seeing (2013)

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Post by Trav5 » Sun, Jul 22, 2018, 12:03 AM UTC

mtmail wrote: post #2

I haven't seen a couple of these recently. Especially the +1 seems to be less popular (personal observation, not backed up by any data). My addition would be "Oh [based on the title] I thought the article was about [something totally different]" which adds no value to other readers.

I check the comments to see if the article is worth reading. That type of comment can be helpful.

Re: Hacker News comments I'm tired of seeing (2013)

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Post by jxub » Sun, Jul 22, 2018, 12:05 AM UTC

From the comments:

> I baked a cake in go.

Re: Hacker News comments I'm tired of seeing (2013)

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Post by writepub » Sun, Jul 22, 2018, 12:09 AM UTC

I'm tired of blogs and deep analyses, like these, of something as useless as tiresome comments.

How can we keep meaning less, uninteresting content, such as this, off HN? Maybe a blog or deep dive how-to can help?

Re: Hacker News comments I'm tired of seeing (2013)

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Post by ConceptJunkie » Sun, Jul 22, 2018, 12:10 AM UTC

rootusrootus wrote: post #4

dmfdmf wrote: post #3

When someone cites the Dunning-Kruger Effect I like to counter with the Dunning-Kruger Effect Effect.[1] This also illustrates my own pet-peeve of starting references with index [0]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12918362

As I recall, either Dunning or Kruger also pointed out a long time ago that the effect they were observing shouldn't be seen so much as an indictment of stupid people, but as a warning to anyone who thought they were smart.

Dunning and Kruger hadn't experienced the Internet...