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It’s no different, and I think too few people realize that. In fact, writing for others to read is better, as it exposes your thinking to critical evaluation.
More people should write comments, tweets, posts, whatever. They’d be better off for it for these exact same reasons.
Seriously how do people see comments like yours and think HN is any kind of special?
He doesn't do any of that, he just states some basic, "Stop doing <value judgement about user's behavior>." No discussion, no insight gathering, nothing.
He's a garbage moderator. You can literally observe it in his comment history [0]. His most recent comment (at time of writing)[1] exemplifies this perfectly:
> You don't have to agree with anyone's views but this style of argument is deathly to the curious conversation we want here.
No, it is not. This is simply wrong, and "this style" is dismissive and rude. But that's not up for debate, as dang has decreed it so. The only reason he writes anything at all here is to explain why the person is, to him, wrong. Zero attempt whatsoever to understand an alternative perspective.
Awful, terrible moderation skills.
* Ukraine says Kherson counter-offensive against Russia has begun
* Inside Liz Truss's not so special relationship with the US
* Ukraine war updates: White House says Russia has "pulled resources" in response to Ukraine offensive
* EU to unveil emergency measures to curb soaring energy prices
* Nasa cancels launch of moon mission after engine trouble
* US justice department says it has reviewed Trump's Mar-a-Lago documents
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* Crypto and climate change: can web3 help get us to net zero?
* Is $110mn man Jake Freeman lucky gambler or conviction investor?
Then it goes into their "Explore" functionality, billed as, "Take a break from the news with our recommended stories for you":
* ECB chief economist sees benefits of raising rates in "smaller increments"
* Honda and LG to build $4.4bn US battery plant
* Olaf Scholz outlines new EU vision with call for European air defense scheme
* Investors increase bets against euro as energy crisis intensifies
...and so on.
So no, this being here is not "useless".
Unless, of course, you wouldn't want people to know that! (:
[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20180208022213/https://www.inc.c...
Dang worship is just one example of how HN is no better than any other social media, and the fact that he still has a job is an indication it may be meaningfully worse.
b) The link aggregation and the conversations are two distinct features, and only some tiny percentage of good content actually makes its way here, and even when it does, HN is extremely temporal, so if you "miss" it, you're SOL.
But I really, truly, emphatically, want to make something clear: HN users are not in any way immune to any of the things you seem to take issue with over on Reddit. Your problem isn't with HN or Reddit, your problem is with people, as what you've listed is true and inherent in any collection of humans interacting with one another (specific ideology notwithstanding).
a) Reddit is a gigantic mixed bag of quality, and thinking Reddit is “all bad” is admitting to not understanding how to use it, and
b) being unable to understand that the category isn’t actually “forums” is sad. You can get this level of quality (which is to say, not the real draw of HN in the first place) by directly visiting the sites posted here.
The only special thing about HN is its association with YC. That’s it.
But people have this inherent need to worship just about anything, so we get self congratulatory articles like this one.
Maybe the fact that this article does well here will make a few of you see through the bull crap? Probably not, but a girl can dream…
Wrong [0]. Yes, it's complex, but doctors also know how to read, and they're honestly better at it (when it comes to medical texts) than you are.
Honestly it's just stupid how many people insist on self diagnosing long COVID. "Beyond the limits of our current medical understanding" is, unfortunately, idiocy. It's the exact same logic anti-vaxxers would use to refuse the vaccine. You're making the exact same mistake.
In general, you do not know more than your doctor. Stop pretending like you do. EVERYONE, both sides, just fucking stop.
[0] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/long-term-effects/...
33 should look a lot better for you, focus on that. You’ve identified the thing you wish you had done, and you have the time to correct the regret.
On the other hand if you’re still not motivated, then at least you have your answer; you’re not capable of more, and should find ways being content as you are.
WoW is a fun and social game; if that’s all you’re going to do with your life, at least you’ll find some moments pleasurable.
Really, I’m not knocking the idea of throwing your life away to video games, but recognize that’s what it is.
It's perfectly reasonable to be priced out of some areas of the world, there is nothing at all wrong with that as a general concept.
You can disagree with how we divvy up SF but claiming you should get to live there is in direct contradiction with the idea that everyone should get to live there.
Someone, somehow, will get bumped. You’re just advocating for a system that would put you there at the expense of someone else.
No. You are not entitled to access to specific jobs or a specific area.
You do not deserve to live in San Francisco. Sorry.
What's probably a bit more toxic about your attitude is the implied belief that you deserve "better" than everywhere else in the US, that San Francisco is "yours* and not anyone else's.
And not for nothing, but I do have children (two) and am entirely capable of empathizing with others.
You need to come to grips with that objective fact.