[JoeAltmaier]

So, again, some 100 words about nothing in particular end up stimulating 10's of thousands of response words.

Why? Maybe its like some carte blanc, where each reader sees part of themselves in the words, and they strike some inner chord that demands response. Maybe great ideas can be contained in only a few lines, distilled to some essential truth.

Maybe HNers are bored, or shallow. I don't know.

[chrisbaglieri]

Or maybe me, the author, just wanted to share a little piece of himself, and a practice he finds helpful, and it resonated with a few others out there. Not everything has to be something more than that.

[JoeAltmaier]

Sorry! Wasn't criticizing you; of course you are not responsible for the large response and #1 ranking. That's all on the readers.

[personZ]

Maybe HNers are bored, or shallow

There are certain times of the day when thin content makes a strong showing on HN. Normally that isn't Friday @ 9am, though, so a little surprising to see this. Perhaps it appeals to the "be a better you!" noise that appears following each New Year.

As an unrelated aside, I'm currently suffering under a slow-ban, presumably imposed by dang. A slowban, for those who don't know, is when HN becomes oppressively slow. It is a comically cowardly, ignorant means of suppression, and it helps lead to an HN where a "write your goals" Facebook-style post tops HN.