HN Comments Meta-Discussion

This cluster features users discussing the quality, substance, irony, and existence of comments within Hacker News threads, often questioning the value of meta-comments like their own.

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Sample Comments

yen223 • Aug 3, 2017 • View on HN

What's the value of comments like this?

andrewsass • Jun 11, 2013 • View on HN

yet, you're commenting on it...?

ilrwbwrkhv • Dec 30, 2024 • View on HN

sorry. i thought this was meaningful commenting here.

from-nibly • Dec 26, 2023 • View on HN

Man that comments section is something else.

RobertRoberts • Nov 6, 2019 • View on HN

I meant "some comments".

kukabynd • Feb 27, 2019 • View on HN

Your comment is here though, no?

stephenr • Oct 31, 2024 • View on HN

You say "lacks comments" like it's a bad thing.

icebraining • Mar 29, 2015 • View on HN

Which comments are you talking about?

hnisoss • Jul 2, 2024 • View on HN

hm, I wonder why this didnt pick up any comments, seems interesting

cx_in_the_chat • Feb 4, 2018 • View on HN

Ok? Your comment doesn't contribute much...