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[metafunctor]

Hmm? Electron? What is that? Are all comment threads on HN now supposed to be correlated?

I pick and choose. I read maybe 10% of what's on here.

[sametmax → metafunctor]

It's a joke because we argued a lot in that thread about electron success despite the quality of it.

[metafunctor → sametmax]

I never figured HN is like Reddit, where inside jokes get you votes.

I hope HN never goes there.

[TeMPOraL → metafunctor]

Inside jokes getting votes is not a "Reddit quality", it's a quality of communities. HN is a community too.

[omnimus → metafunctor]

I hope it does.

[metafunctor → omnimus]

Why? We already have one Reddit.

[sametmax → metafunctor]

Because people here are taking themselves too seriously. A bit of humor and subculture could ease them on. You can be an expert/millionaire/famouswhatever and enjoy something else than endless debates where people are trying to be technically correct and pessimistic to the bones.

Maybe it's just me ?

[sametmax → sametmax]

replying to me instead of metafunctor cause we reached the limit of nesting for comments

It's ok, there is place for all of us on HN. As long as comments are not mostly filled by either behavior, we can all enjoy the benefit of the intelligent and knowledgeable HN community.

[quirkafleeg → sametmax]

> replying to me instead of metafunctor cause we reached the limit of nesting for comments

I don't think there's a limit (at least not at this point), just that at a certain depth there's a delay before the reply link appears.

Alternative answer: maybe they should carry heavily nested comments on to another page, like they do on- ah, never mind.

[metafunctor → sametmax]

I enjoy being technically correct. I don't enjoy someone else's subculture and humour. I never feel like I fit in with those.

[tonyedgecombe → metafunctor]

Well it was meant to be humour, I guess it's wasted here.

[metafunctor → tonyedgecombe]

Humour is appreciated. I usually don't upvote humorous posts, unless they are exceedingly funny, because I don't want this site to turn into Reddit.

But hey, go ahead and try to turn HN into Reddit if you guys feel that's where it needs to go.

I feel we've already seen how useful a Reddit is to the world.

[nebabyte → metafunctor]

> please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a common semi-noob illusion

Either this thread (every time it comes up) needs to be curbed or the FAQ needs to be edited

[metafunctor → nebabyte]

Yeah, I've only been here like 8 years as a registered user. Mostly lurking, and clearly still a noob, hmm?

[nebabyte → metafunctor]

> or the FAQ needs to be edited

No matter how simple you try and keep a point, there will still always be someone who misses it.

I used to think this was just an extension of the "trying to idiotproof/universe builds a better idiot" law, but at this point it could probably be a law of its own.