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Re:Burning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we've lea... by newZWhoDis on Friday September 29, 2023 @09:21AM (#37703798)
>That culture is damned effective at filtering out bullshit and bad actors and getting to the facts.

Meanwhile the “inverse Reddit” investing strategy works even better than “inverse Cramer”

Reddit comments are the whiskey to YouTube comment’s beer on the stupidity index.

Re:Burning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we've lea... by 22289d on Friday September 29, 2023 @09:42AM (#37704110)
I guess it depends at what point you buy. A lot of people on Reddit got generational fuck you money betting on GME, Bitcoin and a lot of other stuff. But if you're getting your Reddit tips from CNN then ya you're probably too late.
Re:Burning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we've lea... by romafirst3 on Friday September 29, 2023 @10:16AM (#37704624)
Have you seen the receipts or are you just parroting what they are saying on social media?
Re:Burning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we've lea... by duxup on Friday September 29, 2023 @10:37AM (#37704951)
I'm suspecting this other user has some naive / ideological-ish belief in the reddit community or something.
Re:Burning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we've lea... by 22289d on Friday September 29, 2023 @10:54AM (#37705188)
Probably what's happening is I'm doing a poor job of communicating what I mean. To me if I say 'they aren't always right' that's enough and I have clearly articulated that Reddit can be and is on a regular basis, completely idiotic, absurdly wrong and all flavor of other bad things. But evidently not as people keep saying things like you just did.
Re:Burning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we've lea... by 22289d on Friday September 29, 2023 @10:49AM (#37705136)
lol parroting what they say on social media.

Very interesting way you put that and sorta gets to the heart of the matter.

To me it doesn't even make sense, like, why would I get my information on social media. I'm telling you what I've seen on Reddit. But you went to what people say other places. Which is clearly how a lot of you are getting your information.

And ya, I've seen the receipts. I've got some receipts of my own.

Re:Burning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we've lea... by wholinator2 on Friday September 29, 2023 @11:44AM (#37705913)
Just for context, your responses read here as full of sarcasm and self assurance. I think your ideas might be more well received if you communicated them with a kinder and more accepting tone. For what it's worth it does sound like you spend a lot of time in toxic online communities, and i believe you have an expertise in those areas.
Re:Burning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we've lea... by 22289d on Friday September 29, 2023 @12:15PM (#37706364)
Man, HN has sure changed. Clearly I'm not among fellow hackers if people are worried about tone rather than truth.

If someone needs their ass kissed to recognize I'm right, that's on them. Not me.

Re:Burning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we've lea... by danenania on Friday September 29, 2023 @09:10PM (#37711955)
HN is one of the few places on the internet that there's even the slightest chance at having a substantive discussion that isn't full of short, mocking, casually dismissive comments ala Reddit and Twitter. Tone is crucial to HN's quality. Encouraging a sincere and charitable tone is one of HN's founding principles and is the main focus of the posting guidelines.

The poster you're replying to is 100% correct.

Re:Burning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we've lea... by tigershark on Saturday September 30, 2023 @05:46AM (#37713969)
Yeah, right. Strangely you didn’t mention BBBY.