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If the Hacker News API actually returned comment scores it would be relatively easy to build an app that surfaces good comments, ahem.
If only "good" correlated with the number of upvotes :)
I think Slashdot had the best voting system ever when it was still popular, but maybe that's just rose-tinted goggles
I wish to god we could ban all the political/corporate/lifestyle discussions.
I say this as someone who lacks the discipline not to get sucked into them, but nevertheless regrets it when he is.
I love HN technical discussions. I wish to god we could ban all the political/corporate/lifestyle discussions. I say this as someone who lacks the discipline not to get sucked into them, but nevertheless regrets it when he is.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
If only "good" correlated with the number of upvotes :)
Yeah.. the upvote counts are probably more useful here than Reddit, but you still end up with a lot of wacky groupthink I think Slashdot had the best voting system ever when it was still popular, but maybe that's just rose-tinted goggles
I highly recommend maintaining a blocklist of usernames. There's a ton of users posting drivel on this board and you won't remember all their names. Even something as simple as a uBlock Origin static filter like this will work: !!! Asshole maintains lists of people like he's a god https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33365189 news.ycombinator.com##.default:has(.hnuser[href$="=Arnavion"]) .comment > .commtext:style(co…
A user on here who shall remain nameless is an idiot of the highest caliber in just about every topic _apart from the one she's an expert in_. If I block her then I lose all that useful commentary on that one specific topic which happens to be something I care about.
Finding out that people you despise aren't wrong about everything is one step in growing up that I'm seeing fewer and fewer people make. That your outsourcing your mental stability to a computer should be a red flag. How do you deal with people who you dislike when they get into a position you can't ignore?
Currently the choice seems to be scream at the sky/invade the capitol.
Because everything is comparative. 99.999% of Comments on the internet are pure junk. HN isn't that much different. As stated "On any topic I’m informed about, the vast majority of comments are pretty clearly wrong. " But even if HN were only 99% wrong. That 1% comments is still a 1000 times better than the average internet. And as mentioned in the article, most of the time that 1% comments are just pure Gold. For ex…
Because everything is comparative. 99.999% of Comments on the internet are pure junk. HN isn't that much different. As stated "On any topic I’m informed about, the vast majority of comments are pretty clearly wrong. " But even if HN were only 99% wrong. That 1% comments is still a 1000 times better than the average internet. And as mentioned in the article, most of the time that 1% comments are just pure Gold. For ex…
Worth every second. :)
Oscar Wilde and Groucho Marx had phrases for the likely coming decline in HN comment quality.
If you find yourself writing an informative comment on HN that will likely get buried. Urge yourself to write a blog article instead.
I highly recommend maintaining a blocklist of usernames. There's a ton of users posting drivel on this board and you won't remember all their names. Even something as simple as a uBlock Origin static filter like this will work: !!! Asshole maintains lists of people like he's a god https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33365189 news.ycombinator.com##.default:has(.hnuser[href$="=Arnavion"]) .comment > .commtext:style(co…
I find that assholes often provide some of the most useful commentary. A user on here who shall remain nameless is an idiot of the highest caliber in just about every topic _apart from the one she's an expert in_. If I block her then I lose all that useful commentary on that one specific topic which happens to be something I care about. Finding out that people you despise aren't wrong about everything is one step in…
Yes, I have a few entries of that type. I have them as `color: #dddddd !important` so that they show up colored as flagged comments instead of being completely hidden.
>That your outsourcing your mental stability to a computer should be a red flag.
Absolutely. Blocking a person from your life is not a trivial decision. It dehumanizes them. You should make it only after exhausting all other options and understanding what it would feel like if it happened to you.
>How do you deal with people who you dislike when they get into a position you can't ignore?
That I have to deal with people I dislike in N situations doesn't mean I should accept that I have to deal with them in N + 1 situations.