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1. dekhn+Wb[view] [source] 2022-02-17 16:19:39
>>nicola+(OP)
I mostly appreciate the mods (well, dang is the only one I've interacted with) but I'm pretty tired of being scolded for occasionally making one-sentence comments that lack substance, while in the meantime, the site tolerates people who write pages of absolutely untrue covid vax denialism but don't get any comments from the mods.

At this point I'm actively looking for a replacement community that focuses much more on ML and Linux, and not on the social issues associated with machine learning, or social justice warriors messing up tech firms, or people who seem to get their "science" from Fox News.

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2. tptace+lg[view] [source] 2022-02-17 16:36:39
>>dekhn+Wb
Stop making insubstantial one-line comments, please.
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3. dekhn+ii[view] [source] 2022-02-17 16:43:29
>>tptace+lg
My "insubstantial" one-line comments are often more valuable to readers of HN than pagelong of pseudointellectual debate (I watch my upvotes carefully. Which reminds me: is there a tool to track votes and comments on my comments?)
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4. sillys+8m[view] [source] 2022-02-17 16:57:54
>>dekhn+ii
https://www.hnreplies.com/

Dead simple. Somehow it’s also emailed me minutes before the reply became visible on HN. I later realized that the user probably had a “delay” set in their profile, but HN likely publishes the comment to the API even if it remains hidden on the site for a few minutes. So it was funny to see a secret way to bypass the delay feature.

Upvotes are a terrible proxy for value, by the way. One wouldn’t say that a Reddit comment was valuable just because it was popular. The same standard seems true on HN — particularly for fluff, which tend to be upvote magnets.

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