Hacker News comments I'm tired of seeing (2013)

Re:Hacker News comments I'm tired of seeing (2013) by NeedMoreTea on Saturday July 21, 2018 @08:38PM (#17584648)

Maybe it's my age and having come up via years of Usenet where inline quoting was absolutely standard, but I find inline quoting of a discussion helps me keep the flow of discussion. I find it's easier to follow than trying to retain a lengthy parent that a commenter is replying to, also at length.

If it's a long comment it's also likely some commenters are only able to address parts of it - again an inline quote clarifies.

I've never had cause to see it as a warning sign or more likely to be someone scoring points, that's going to happen sometimes with or without inline snippets.

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Re:Hacker News comments I'm tired of seeing (2013) by thomasmeeks on Saturday July 21, 2018 @08:48PM (#17584678)

I can see that, and perhaps my experience has just been unlucky. I missed usenet by a few years.

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Re:Hacker News comments I'm tired of seeing (2013) by NeedMoreTea on Saturday July 21, 2018 @09:32PM (#17584799)

Hmm, actually something just came to mind where quoting may hinder, though I've seen it with and without. Quoting may help focus on misdirection. Where someone wants to have a good argument rather than have a discussion. More a reddit game than HN but it does sometimes happen here, e.g.

Someone making point with a couple of paragraphs.

Commenter takes one sentence or point to shred, maybe it was a weak example or poorly phrased, to invalidate the whole.

repeat. After a few rounds it's becoming clear they're intentionally avoiding the main point.

Have I just committed the cardinal sin of being wrong on the internet? ;)

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Re:Hacker News comments I'm tired of seeing (2013) by thomasmeeks on Saturday July 21, 2018 @09:43PM (#17584827)

Well you comitted the blessing of helping me feel heard so hopefully that balances out the sin. :) Exactly my point.

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