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Re: Hacker News Parody Thread

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Post by d0mine »

jjcm wrote: post #35

I think a parody of something is one of the best ways to draw insight, and in my opinion I'm kinda happy that this is what the parody of HN is: links to wikipedia/cited sources, debates about whether or not an article was correct, nitpicks and views from different positions/experiences, and the off hand XKCD comic. Probably much more civil than a parody of a slashdot/reddit/4chan post would be.

Your comment would be might better without the last sentence.

The good content can stand on its own. No need to look down on other sites to look good by comparision.

Re: Hacker News Parody Thread

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Post by epsylon »

Xcelerate wrote: post #8

I disagree with the author. This isn't exactly a parody thread. A parody is "an imitative work created to mock, comment on or trivialise an original work" [1]. For one thing, I would hardly call Hacker News comments "original work", and a simple creation like this hardly captures the full scope and breadth of comments on here. Furthermore, I'm not really sure why this belongs on HN, because it's not very technical, a…

Spot-on. PG talked about this subject in relevant essay. [1]

[1] http://www.paulgraham.com/relevantessay.html

Re: Hacker News Parody Thread

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Post by Claudus »

simonsarris wrote: post #21

Good god this was funny, right down to the usernames. But now its time to be very HN about it. > Rats, top comments will be impossible to beat. Actually I think I have a solution to this, though its just guesswork. I'm not particularly well known here (or anywhere), but either people actually like the words I say, or I simply have yet to make a complete ass out of myself. (I think one of these is more plausible, but…

Rats, top comments will be impossible to beat. I can probably piggy-back off a top comment, though, those comment threads aren't long yet...

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Post by tfb »

jamesbritt wrote: post #109
Xcelerate wrote: post #8

I disagree with the author. This isn't exactly a parody thread. A parody is "an imitative work created to mock, comment on or trivialise an original work" [1]. For one thing, I would hardly call Hacker News comments "original work", and a simple creation like this hardly captures the full scope and breadth of comments on here. Furthermore, I'm not really sure why this belongs on HN, because it's not very technical, a…

This.

Found the redditor!

Re: Hacker News Parody Thread

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Post by lmm »

simonsarris wrote: post #21

Good god this was funny, right down to the usernames. But now its time to be very HN about it. > Rats, top comments will be impossible to beat. Actually I think I have a solution to this, though its just guesswork. I'm not particularly well known here (or anywhere), but either people actually like the words I say, or I simply have yet to make a complete ass out of myself. (I think one of these is more plausible, but…

I've certainly noticed it's become easier to get replies as my average karma rises. It's also easier to get posts modded up, creating a positive feedback loop (I'm guessing more people vote on posts that are near the top of the page?). Don't have any concrete evidence though.

Re: Hacker News Parody Thread

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Post by sageikosa »

mixedbit wrote: post #89
baby wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, OP is correct. * You omitted that HN is also a place to talk meta. * You misunderstand that a parody is not supposed to capture the full scope of something. * It was funny to read, that's all that matters.

Who's the OP and why do we care about his opinion?

How could you not know the OP?
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