The Next Microsoft

Re:The Next Microsoft by ShawnBird on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @04:25PM (#4196012)

If you click the triangle next to the username it will 'upvote' the comment and help get it to the top.

Replies have no effect on rank so there is really no reason to reply unless you have something to add.

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Re:The Next Microsoft by noblethrasher on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @06:30PM (#4196544)

Hi,

Welcome to Hacker News. If you get a chance, check out the welcome letter (http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html) which explicitly states that empty comments are okay as long as they're positive.

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Re:The Next Microsoft by mdonahoe on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @11:13PM (#4197410)

thanks!

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Re:The Next Microsoft by asto on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @08:02AM (#4199016)

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Re:The Next Microsoft by sp332 on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @04:44PM (#4196102)

Upvoting a comment is an anonymous and nearly invisible action. The only way to show visible support for a comment is to reply to it.

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Re:The Next Microsoft by omgsean on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @05:00PM (#4196170)

At that point you're not adding anything to the conversation though, it's just noise. If you want to add vocal support to a comment you should at least expand on the points they brought up or provide some of your own reasoning.

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Re:The Next Microsoft by wilfra on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @11:44PM (#4197483)

It's ironic you would make this post while at the same time participating in the addition of a bunch of noise to an otherwise pretty great thread.

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Re:The Next Microsoft by yaix on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @06:27PM (#4196533)

What you call "visible support" is really only "polluting the comments". "Me too" posts just fill up the comments with text without substance.

See also:

* Feb 1983 First "Me too" post (http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html)

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Re:The Next Microsoft by sp332 on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @07:01PM (#4196686)

On Disqus, Google+, Facebook, and most other sites supporting "likes", you can see who upvoted your comment. But this site is missing that built-in functionality.

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Re:The Next Microsoft by mbreese on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @08:21PM (#4196967)

You also can't see the scores of comments you didn't write. What's your point?

The way people interact with HN has a way of influencing the comment stream in nuanced ways. Not releasing all of the information about scoring publicly (or even the score) is an experiment about how such things affect the conversation.

One may not like it, but the general consensus is that "me too" comments just clutter the conversation and don't add anything. If you agree (or disagree, but appreciate the argument) then up vote.

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Re:The Next Microsoft by sp332 on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @09:22PM (#4197132)

You also can't see the scores of comments you didn't write. What's your point?

That is my point. I understand that this site is an experiment, my point is that it doesn't suit every use case. Not everyone agrees with the general consensus all the time.

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Re:The Next Microsoft by doorhammer on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @06:51PM (#4196629)

I read everything leading to this.

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Re:The Next Microsoft by martinalejandro on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @01:01AM (#4197686)

I think all the replies to that comment are actually making more noise that the comment itself.

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Re:The Next Microsoft by ancymon on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @04:30PM (#4196038)

If you click triangle pointing downwards next to the username it will 'downvote' the comment and help make it "invisible". Replies have no effect on rank so there is really no reason to reply unless you have something to add.

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Re:The Next Microsoft by brittohalloran on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @05:26PM (#4196264)

mmmm I think you're thinking of StackOverflow. No down triangles here

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Re:The Next Microsoft by runn1ng on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @05:37PM (#4196317)

You need to have certain karma (or how is it called here) to be able to downvote.

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Re:The Next Microsoft by brittohalloran on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @10:30PM (#4197322)

Hahah touche, -4 on that post. My bad. HN is so mysterious

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Re:The Next Microsoft by ericson578 on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @05:25PM (#4196263)

can someone make this into a meme already, reading is so tiresome.

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