I, too, am puzzled by your downvotes.
> In that case it's really, really annoying for someone to pop something completely different into my feed and just baldly ask the question
Why? Can't you just reply whenever you can?
> In that case it's really, really annoying for someone to pop something completely different into my feed and just baldly ask the question
Why? Can't you just reply whenever you can?
OK, so it's not just me, but I can see that others continue to hold contrary opinions. Which, as I say, is fine, I just wish they'd express them (as some have - thank you) and not just downvote without feedback.
>> ... annoying for someone to pop something completely different into my feed and just baldly ask the question
> Why? Can't you just reply whenever you can?
No, because of the nerd-sniping problem. If it's an interesting question that requires thought, I'll inevitably start thinking about it now, even if only in background, resulting in context-switching, and my productivity goes way down.
I'm guessing that many in the HN community quite simply work differently from how I work. I'm learning something already from the responses, and I'm getting the sense of a real disconnect between us (me and them, not me and you).