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0 pointsbanifo6y ago0 comments

I read that because hn showed it on spot 1.

I think it was a waste of time.

I also started to think in this direction more the last few years: If we as a socity would be better of creating less but better, we would not have facebook or linkedin feets full of waste. We would have perhaps 10 hn articles per day, 10 world news, 1-2 local news and thats it.

I would have the rest of my time 'free' of the burden of trying to make sure i'm not missing something.

Every idiot thinks something created and shared is worth while while i'm often enough think 'oh now one would care for something like this' or 'a few people might wanna read it but wouldn't act on it anyway'.

I also started to comment less. It costs time, i don't have the feeling that a lot of peole read comments and honestly, i had plenty of discussions which just stoped and there was never ever any feedback (besides 'likes' like wtf.) on 'was that helpful'.

Did i add value to our society or was it purely for entertainment?

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headmelted6y ago· 1 in thread

Extending this, news wouldn’t exist in its current form.

Broadcasts would be much more honest too:

“Hello everyone. There’s a pandemic sweeping the globe, which is unfortunate, but also cancer outcomes are the best they’ve ever been. Overall things are getting better.

Enjoy your weekend and we’ll be back on Monday. If something genuinely important changes. Otherwise, take a walk and maybe get some fresh air instead.

Clint Brockenheimer, Channel 1 news”

banifoOP6y ago

We would have newspaper like:

The New York Informer

Sunday teller

jonnypotty6y ago· 1 in thread

I'd say entertainment and it wasn't even very good at that right?

banifoOP6y ago

The comments are entertaining me more, but that doesn't give that article any value! :P

tj06y ago

While the content itself is just another round of "I deleted X for reasons I, J, K," I certainly resonate with you mentioning commenting less.

As with the barrier to entry to any tech-oriented platform (any dev remember their first time posting on StackOverflow?), there is an underlying fear of rejection, or even worse, providing no value whatsoever. I've lurked on HN for years, but only recently have actually started engaging.

Not sure if anyone else feels those kind of emotions, but the article did mention that many people are living in fear -- regardless of the external stimuli is that causes that fear. It's not any different than engaging with communities like SO, HN, forums, etc.

Also like you, I doubt this adds any value beyond giving a couple minutes to type this response to a comment buried halfway down the discussion page on the post. It definitely entertained, and more so distracted me, for the duration of this experience.

For that, I thank you.

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