Someone Stole Sherlock's 300,000 Likes

Re:Someone Stole Sherlock's 300,000 Likes by ghshephard on Friday June 29, 2012 @07:41PM (#4179743)

I would feel freedom. At that moment, my involvement in HN would come to an end, and I would find another way to use the 2 hours or so a day I spend on it. Think about what I could do with 700 hours/year.

Indeed, I would embrace that deletion.

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Re:Someone Stole Sherlock's 300,000 Likes by phwd on Friday June 29, 2012 @08:07PM (#4179831)

That's good for you, but most likely the average HN user would cry foul and over zealous moderation.

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Re:Someone Stole Sherlock's 300,000 Likes by MBlume on Friday June 29, 2012 @08:38PM (#4179944)

Er, you can have that freedom now, if you want it.

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Re:Someone Stole Sherlock's 300,000 Likes by ghshephard on Friday June 29, 2012 @08:50PM (#4179972)

That's like telling an alcoholic they don't have to drink. There's a reason why I've _never_ even glanced at Reddit. And I also took the plunge and deleted my Facebook Account. I lost three months of my life to Tribal Wars. I keep my time on HN to a couple hours a day - and it is my principal news source (No Techcrunch/engadge/verge/gizmodo - unless they are linked) - but if a moderator came and said "Deleted, return never again!." - I would embrace it. Not saying that's true for anyone else. I am implying that someone who spent the better part of two years managing a sherlock fan site, only to have it go "poof!" - shouldn't feel bad whatsoever.

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Re:Someone Stole Sherlock's 300,000 Likes by throwaway54-762 on Friday June 29, 2012 @08:08PM (#4179838)

This is why I create a new throwaway account whenever my HN karma gets too high. No attachment, no loss.

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