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by duxup
2505 days ago
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I think culture plays a part, but the medium does to, I'd argue a great deal. The differences between HN's system, and twitters is pretty obvious IMO. Just at the most obvious twitter limits the amount of text. I doubt the average HN post would even fit on twitter. That's a pretty significant difference just to start. >So it isn't about "you're proving my point by down-voting me" I don't know what you mean by that. |
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I was fully explaining my point of view, because I don't think it boils down to that.
I would argue that HN's voting system tends to encourage shorter comments. I personally find it annoying to write a well reasoned 10 point essay and get downvotes and no feedback, is there one particular point you're disagreeing with or what? So I would argue that long comments survive despite the voting system.
Could you suggest other differences in medium that you think make the difference? Moderation?