Poll: Is this trolling?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=129154

by curi • 18 years ago

4 33 18 years ago

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davidw3• 18 years ago

Your poll is missing an option: this poll and the link are not really worthwhile.

curi9• 18 years ago

At least some people here are interested in what is trolling, or not, and what should be allowed or encouraged here, or not.

davidw3• 18 years ago

I reread what I wrote, and I guess it seems a little harsh. I didn't really mean it that way. What I mean is something along the lines of "it's obviously a troll, our attention wasn't needed to figure that out".

crescendo• 18 years ago

I don't mean to be curt, but what's the point of this?

ktheory• 18 years ago

It's inane.

rms2• 18 years ago

Entertainment

ilitirit• 18 years ago

I don't think anyone on here would mistake you for curt kobain

vanekl• 18 years ago

there's an open argument currently going on about what trolling is at c.l.l. where the S/N ratio is (just a little) greater: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/browse_frm/thr...

rms2• 18 years ago

I upvoted "yes" but it didn't count

mixmax3• 18 years ago

That's what you get for helping others. ;-) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=128746

Hope you get your votes back soon, I like your style.

curi9• 18 years ago

wow that's really terrible. second on the leaderboard, and in trouble for being a negative influence on the site?

when your rules interfere with top users you have a problem.

pchristensen2• 18 years ago

Funny a couple times, really annoying after maybe the 5th time. (although I have to admit, they are well written).

curi9• 18 years ago

I'm not asking for Karma, but isn't it a problem to have a thread that no one will see soon (because it's only on 2 points) which has 14 comments and 17 votes which people might find interesting?

A lot of comments in the thread have more points than the thread itself. Maybe for getting on the front page threads should count as their own score or the score of the highest comment they contain, whichever is higher?

NSX23• 18 years ago

Nah. That would make too much sense. Plus it would take away the top brass's options to censor stuff that users like to talk about because they find interesting, but, say, top people running this don't want to talk about. Or have others talking about.

Like over the summer there was this guy called "Y@mada" who weaved a boring tale of caution and tempering PGs unabashed optimism with some feet on the ground practicality as the economy was going to crash in a major way any second now. Obviously he was wrong because everything is smooth sailing, but PG didn't like this pessimistic world view so despite forums with like, 50-60-70+ posts, eventually the posts would just be deleted / marked "dead", etc.

But try something else. Put up a post like, "Ask YC: Do you sleep on your stomach or on your back, and which do you think is better for an aspiring programmer" and I GUARANTEE YOU that post will be up forever, sparking countless debate.

pchristensen2• 18 years ago

I fall asleep on my stomach, then roll to my back while sleeping. That's the key to success. Anything less and YOU'LL NEVER GET ACQUIRED!!! Mwhahahaha!

davidw3• 18 years ago

To be clear: I'm not involved in running this site, but I'm happy with how it is managed. Perhaps if you don't like it, another site would be more to your liking? (http://startupping.com/ has some startup related content, for instance). Or perhaps you could adjust enough to get some value out of this one, as well as contribute value of your own? If not, it's not going to make anyone here very happy, neither you nor 'them', and therefore seems a bit of a pointless pursuit.

dfranke2• 18 years ago

Er, did you read the thread that got him banned? It wasn't clear whether he was a troll or just a total whackjob, but either way he had to go. It wasn't even a borderline case.

cstejerean3• 18 years ago

the number of comments on a thread is not related to the value of the post. For example you could post something that most people disagree with. So they all comment stating their disagreement. Other folks come along and vote up the comments since they also dislike the post.

curi9• 18 years ago

Widespread disagreement that people feel compelled to post about, rather than ignore, is notable!

Poll: Is this trolling?

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