@michael_nielsen I think I'm currently enduring that effect :D
There is a collective impatience to Hacker News comments. If s'thing is not easy to grok immediately, the comments fill with dismissal
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@vgr It was reading the current comments about breakingsmart that reminded me of this - 2 more replies
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@michael_nielsen They are all so smart; if they don't understand something immediately, someone else must be dumb. -
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@michaelhoffman There are plenty of thoughtful commenters. But for things outside conventional narrative the _collective_ response is weak - 2 more replies
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@michael_nielsen hn is great but every community has its problems. Part of that is having so many interests represented.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michael_nielsen@jeremyphoward@vgr 1st comments always from those impatiently reloading; biases overall impression -
@michael_nielsen@jeremyphoward@vgr iff story survives long enough, slower/wiser comments (& voting) can emerge over 24h cycle
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@michael_nielsen It's been like that for a long time. You can basically skip all first top-level threads if you are an optimist.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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