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Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite HN post?

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Post by yitchelle »

danso wrote: post #57
yitchelle wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Should HN allow one's favourites to be shared?

Your favorites are publically shared: https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=yitchelle It’s upvotes that are private to each user.

Did not know that. Thanks for the enlightenment.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite HN post?

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Post by cperciva »

twtw wrote: post #36
sokoloff wrote: post #5

@cperciva in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079

Those two comments come up frequently, but it's worth noting that in the whole preceding thread 'cperciva was being a pretty massively arrogant jerk. That thread is a classic example of why the most capable people aren't necessarily the ones you should want to work with.

I like to think that was my lowest point on HN and I've been less of a jerk ever since.

I considered deleting my comments, but decided instead to keep them to remind myself to behave better.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite HN post?

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Post by quickthrower2 »

chatmasta wrote: post #18

"The 4-color map theory is bunk," [0] a comment in which a user boldly refutes modern mathematics and, when faced with contradictory evidence, continues to double down on his assertions. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16862553

I think "The 4-color map theory is bunk" could become a movement, like flat earth.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite HN post?

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Post by nkurz »

danso wrote: post #56
chatmasta wrote: post #18

"The 4-color map theory is bunk," [0] a comment in which a user boldly refutes modern mathematics and, when faced with contradictory evidence, continues to double down on his assertions. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16862553

That is an amazing and amazingly amusing comment thread that I’m going to add to my favorites. It shouldn’t have been flag-killed IMHO. The user attempted to produce a counter-proof — it’s just that he was hilariously wrong.

Since you bring it up, and since I was just looking at your favorited comments, I wonder if you could clarify: Should we attach any significance to the fact that your 3 most recent saved favorites are all [dead]? It makes me think that your opinion of what a good comment is may not agree with the official position, and that you might have suggestions for how the moderation could be improved.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite HN post?

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Post by danso »

nkurz wrote: post #68
danso wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is an amazing and amazingly amusing comment thread that I’m going to add to my favorites. It shouldn’t have been flag-killed IMHO. The user attempted to produce a counter-proof — it’s just that he was hilariously wrong.

Since you bring it up, and since I was just looking at your favorited comments, I wonder if you could clarify: Should we attach any significance to the fact that your 3 most recent saved favorites are all [dead]? It makes me think that your opinion of what a good comment is may not agree with the official position, and that you might have suggestions for how the moderation could be improved.

I use the favorite-function for posts more than I do for comments, because generally great posts contain more than one great comment in the discussion anyway. I haven't really used it for comments, so I guess I've decided to use it for comments that shock/make me laugh :).

For the aforementioned comment about 4-color-map theory, I thought it shouldn't be debunked because the person seemed to attempt to substantively debate (until he apparently gave up). I mean, the comment should have been downvoted to oblivion for being so definitively wrong. I just associate flag-killing with comments that are obviously abusive.

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