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Re: Top Hacker News commenters of 2021

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Post by jgilias »

simonbarker87 wrote: post #16
notRobot wrote: post #9

Heh, the fact that (IMO) I don't comment that often but still am in the top 5k (rank 4228, 185 comments) just goes to show how all things considered HN is still a very niche/small community.

I’m around the same position as you and was equally surprised - I feel like increasing that count would be more work than I’d want to put in though

Why would you want to increase the count though, right?

I appreciate that HN is a kind of a community where people post when they actually have something to say. I mean, I often write a comment and then delete it before posting it if I figure it doesn't really add anything to the discussion.

I actually feel like doing it for this comment too.

Re: Top Hacker News commenters of 2021

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Post by bambax »

This only measures the number of comments; it would be interesting to know the karma difference accrued in a year. It may produce the exact same ranking, as intuitively karma is probably heavily correlated with comment frequency... but maybe not?

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Post by itsbits »

notRobot wrote: post #9

Heh, the fact that (IMO) I don't comment that often but still am in the top 5k (rank 4228, 185 comments) just goes to show how all things considered HN is still a very niche/small community.

It's very difficult in HN to put comment and gain points. Atleast for me. Tried couple of times. Downvoted most of times. So I just visit and read comments. Have been doing same for more than 7 years now. I am sure there are lots of readers like me.

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Post by mattowen_uk »

Semaphor wrote: post #19
secondaryacct wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I... have two accounts above yours (1k and 3k) wtf it's a small community indeed - I dont even work in a startup, the US, or care about YC lol. I post too much crap here :s Ill be more careful posting since it's easier to stand out than reddit then !

Neither US, nor startup, nor caring about YC, rank 1174 ;)

#1194 here, same situation. I feel slightly less irrelevant now. ;)

Re: Top Hacker News commenters of 2021

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Post by raxxorrax »

itsbits wrote: post #24
notRobot wrote: post #9

Heh, the fact that (IMO) I don't comment that often but still am in the top 5k (rank 4228, 185 comments) just goes to show how all things considered HN is still a very niche/small community.

It's very difficult in HN to put comment and gain points. Atleast for me. Tried couple of times. Downvoted most of times. So I just visit and read comments. Have been doing same for more than 7 years now. I am sure there are lots of readers like me.

It really depends on the topic as well. In the vast majority of cases people are reluctant to dish out any karma and your comment stays at one point. But that changes for some topics. I guess if you want to get more upvotes, articles about new Apple releases and similar stuff is most rewarding.
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