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Re: Ask HN: How Many of You Are Like Me?

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Post by _b8r0 »

geoffw8 wrote: post #37
SamReidHughes wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You'd have better success if you showed some respect for your readers by capitalizing and writing your posts in a normal style. Starting off with "lol" and an emoticon marks you as somebody who hasn't thought about what he is about to write, and who doesn't care to present his thoughts to the reader in an organized manner. In your comment history, other posts have it worse, and your writing style and mannerisms make…

> You'd have better success if you showed some respect for your readers by capitalizing and writing your posts in a normal style. Starting off with "lol" and an emoticon marks you as somebody who hasn't thought about what he is about to write, and who doesn't care to present his thoughts to the reader in an organized manner. That is the biggest pile of bs I have ever read. Just because he starts his posts with a lol,…

> That is the biggest pile of bs I have ever read.

And they say civility's dropped on HN.

Re: Ask HN: How Many of You Are Like Me?

#42

Post by b3n »

I've been on HN for years and read it daily, but I comment very rarely. I can't answer your question but I suspect there are a lot of others like us. Perhaps some traffic stats would shed light on the number of lurkers vs contributors.

Re: Ask HN: How Many of You Are Like Me?

#43

Post by geoffw8 »

_b8r0 wrote: post #41
geoffw8 wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> You'd have better success if you showed some respect for your readers by capitalizing and writing your posts in a normal style. Starting off with "lol" and an emoticon marks you as somebody who hasn't thought about what he is about to write, and who doesn't care to present his thoughts to the reader in an organized manner. That is the biggest pile of bs I have ever read. Just because he starts his posts with a lol,…

> That is the biggest pile of bs I have ever read. And they say civility's dropped on HN.

someones not allowed to say bs?

Re: Ask HN: How Many of You Are Like Me?

#45

Post by gnaritas »

geoffw8 wrote: post #37
SamReidHughes wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You'd have better success if you showed some respect for your readers by capitalizing and writing your posts in a normal style. Starting off with "lol" and an emoticon marks you as somebody who hasn't thought about what he is about to write, and who doesn't care to present his thoughts to the reader in an organized manner. In your comment history, other posts have it worse, and your writing style and mannerisms make…

> You'd have better success if you showed some respect for your readers by capitalizing and writing your posts in a normal style. Starting off with "lol" and an emoticon marks you as somebody who hasn't thought about what he is about to write, and who doesn't care to present his thoughts to the reader in an organized manner. That is the biggest pile of bs I have ever read. Just because he starts his posts with a lol,…

> What you've done is no different to this scenario - your at school, your one of the popular guys

But this is exactly the kind of thing he's referring to, sloppy writing and sloppy grammar generally mean sloppy thinking.

If you're going to take the time to write something, you must want it to be read; have respect for your reader and use proper capitalization, punctuation, and correct contractions. There are a lot of people who won't even read what you have to say if the writing is lazy and disrespectful to the reader.

Re: Ask HN: How Many of You Are Like Me?

#47

Post by InclinedPlane »

geoffw8 wrote: post #37
SamReidHughes wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You'd have better success if you showed some respect for your readers by capitalizing and writing your posts in a normal style. Starting off with "lol" and an emoticon marks you as somebody who hasn't thought about what he is about to write, and who doesn't care to present his thoughts to the reader in an organized manner. In your comment history, other posts have it worse, and your writing style and mannerisms make…

> You'd have better success if you showed some respect for your readers by capitalizing and writing your posts in a normal style. Starting off with "lol" and an emoticon marks you as somebody who hasn't thought about what he is about to write, and who doesn't care to present his thoughts to the reader in an organized manner. That is the biggest pile of bs I have ever read. Just because he starts his posts with a lol,…

It's "you're guilty", not "your guilty". >_>

Seriously though, calm down. Both your post and the post you're referring to have plenty of upvotes, which is a strong indication that they are not unwelcome contributions to HN. Personally I think it's important to maintain civility, writing quality, and professionalism in an online discussion, and I'm glad that HN values that. It's a lubricant that enables more productive, more rational, more open discussion without getting distracted by juvenile things like distracting humor and emotionally charged debate (as when someone lumps an entire group of people together, makes generalizations about them, and compares them to racists).

HN is still one of the few places on the intertrontubes where it's possible to have a mature, rational discussion. If you find someplace better, by all means let everyone know.

Re: Ask HN: How Many of You Are Like Me?

#48

Post by pendragon »

theprodigy wrote: post #7

I think there is a lot of people who just lurk around and read everything, that is ok, but if you participate in discussion I think you will definitely learn a lot more. Google cone of learning.

Participation would probably result in learning more. Some have said they find themselves spending too much time checking for answers though. On the subject of the Cone of Learning: http://www.brainfriendlytrainer.com/theory/dale%E2%80%99s-co...

It seems that it was originally called the Cone of Experience and the percentages were not given.

Re: Ask HN: How Many of You Are Like Me?

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Post by notyourwork »

JonnieCache wrote: post #40
EwanG wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the off chance you're serious (and I know folks sometimes have a hard time differentiating between very subtle sarcasm and true newbiehood): You are being directed to go to Google (or other search engine of choice) and enter the phrase "Cone of Learning". You should get a result similar to the following: http://www.google.com/search?q=cone+of+learning&ie=utf-8...

To be fair it is possible to parse google as a noun in that sentence. It reads a bit like an item in an RPG. Google Cone of Haste +3

Precisely.
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