Ask HN: How redditors have the time to write long anwsers?

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by jerawaj749 • 2 years ago

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082349872349872• 2 years ago

Long answers can be written at O(50) wpm; good short answers take longer.

rrr_oh_man• 2 years ago

Not so much on the time, but more on the how:

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2s21av/meta_...

interbased• 2 years ago

If you have done extensive research on a topic, or have years of experience on a topic, and you focus for even 5 minutes on a quality answer, that will already generate a long answer. On a website with as many users as Reddit, there’s bound to be a user with those qualifications to make a comment on a topic that relates to their interest. That topic will likely get upvoted to the top (generally speaking).

jerawaj749• 2 years ago

makes sense

speedylight• 2 years ago

Because they love karma points and correcting people more than life itself.

Ask HN: How redditors have the time to write long anwsers?

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