[dmfdmf]

I am glad you liked it. I know HN doesn't like the supposedly contentless "thanks for sharing" type of comments but I appreciate it and think it is important to express such sentiments. In fact, about half way in to writing my comment I almost deleted it -- thinking no one would really care. I am glad I was wrong and that I completed it.

[jnbiche]

I should add that HN doesn't like brief, content-free "+1" or "this" comments, but a few sentences explaining why you liked a comment, and why it was exceptional in some ways, is almost never a problem, and are often greatly appreciated.

For example, you'll note that choppaface's comment has not been downvoted below 0, and probably has a few upvotes.

By the way, I also very much enjoyed your comment.

[ht_th]

Maybe HN should add a "thank you for your contribution" link alongside the "reply" link and add a filter to show/hide these thank-you posts.

[amirmc]

We can already upvote. Although we can't see the scores it's already a simple way to acknowledge the contribution.

[chrisan]

I loved it entirely. It was literally the first thing I read after the front page (I always read comments before the article).

I understand HN reason for not wanting countless thanks as it adds to scroll and doesnt add to the discussion... but it would be nice if they had a simple collapsible thread like reddit so once you got the gist or saw things are getting repetative you could jump down to the next main comment

[phyllostachys]

Incidentally, it was this comment thread that led me to find this[1] for the same reason you list. The lack of collapsible threads has bugged me for a bit and I have been considering doing my own bookmarklet for a while but never got around to it.

[1] - https://github.com/akirk/hackernews-collapsible-threads

[chrisan]

Sweet, thank you!

[treeplant]

I also enjoyed this anecdote. This is a story I'll keep in the back of my mind as I progress my career.

[blub]

Thank you for sharing, it was inspiring and I really liked it. Such stories from the trenches are for me an important part of why I enjoy reading HN.