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Re: Is HN only about saying nice things about everything?

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Post by bluesmoon »

mooism2 wrote: post #101
bluesmoon wrote: post #100

I received 3 downvotes for a link to XKCD suggesting that readers lack a sense of humour. No one felt like leaving a comment stating why they downvoted.

I think it suggests readers don't want HN to be a place where links to cartoons and lolcats are overvalued. Perhaps they go too far in the other direction.

If readers in general don't want that, I should really have gotten many more downvotes. 3 downvotes suggests that a few people just didn't like my comment while everyone else was indifferent.

Re: Is HN only about saying nice things about everything?

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Post by lkrubner »

dasil003 wrote: post #117
lkrubner wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

dasil003, you ask "Can you think of any online discussion boards with better discussion than HN?" I often have better conversations when I meet up with friends at a coffeeshop. For me, Hacker News is in competition with all the other things I could be doing with my time, rather than merely being in competition with other online discussions. Hacker News may be the best place online for discussing concerns relevant to…

How is that response to my question? Obviously HN can not be anything but an online discussion forum, and it can only be judged on those merits. How you choose to spend your time is well beyond the scope of my consideration.

It is possible that the scope of our considerations do not overlap.

Re: Is HN only about saying nice things about everything?

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Post by dasil003 »

lkrubner wrote: post #122
dasil003 wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is that response to my question? Obviously HN can not be anything but an online discussion forum, and it can only be judged on those merits. How you choose to spend your time is well beyond the scope of my consideration.

It is possible that the scope of our considerations do not overlap.

Yeah but I upvoted you for the sake of debate. I feel cheated.

Re: Is HN only about saying nice things about everything?

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Post by [deleted] »

lkrubner wrote: post #122
dasil003 wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is that response to my question? Obviously HN can not be anything but an online discussion forum, and it can only be judged on those merits. How you choose to spend your time is well beyond the scope of my consideration.

It is possible that the scope of our considerations do not overlap.

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Re: Is HN only about saying nice things about everything?

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Post by lkrubner »

dasil003 wrote: post #123
lkrubner wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is possible that the scope of our considerations do not overlap.

Yeah but I upvoted you for the sake of debate. I feel cheated.

dasil003, I think Hacker News is a good online forum for discussing issues that are relevant to startups.
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