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Re:Ask HN: What tangible benefits did you get from spending ... by tim333 on Saturday March 06, 2021 @06:34AM (#26366747)
It's an odd feature of the thing - I'm a native English speaker so I'm ok with that but getting upvotes / downvotes is quite good practice for improving your writing, I've found.
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Re:Ask HN: What tangible benefits did you get from spending ... by graeme on Saturday March 06, 2021 @06:39AM (#26366762)
Yes that’s actually how I got my start in writing. I had a travel blog back in 2007-08 and would post entries to Facebook. I gauged writing effectively by comments and rapidly improved my style.

Ended up starting a writing focussed business. Don’t think I could have done it without frequent and rapid feedback.

Your comment made me realize this is probably why I keep writing comments. It is constant, precise feedback on my skill in what I do.

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Re:Ask HN: What tangible benefits did you get from spending ... by Tade0 on Saturday March 06, 2021 @07:43AM (#26367007)
I only started my "technical blog" (heavy quote marks here) after four years of posting comments on HN.
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