{"id":46079017,"user":"wat10000","time":1764340558,"time_ago":"2 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

It’s a helpful link, not a criticism.","comments":[{"id":46079572,"user":"gjvc","time":1764344487,"time_ago":"2 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

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It makes it easy for me to find additional commentary for things I’m interested in, and I appreciate that. There’s no policing going on. If you find it off-putting, that’s your problem.","comments":[{"id":46079926,"user":"gjvc","time":1764346563,"time_ago":"2 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

as i said and you ignored, all it does is put people off from having fresh conversations.","comments":[{"id":46080953,"user":"macintux","time":1764352342,"time_ago":"2 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

You do realize that dang himself frequently aggregates related discussions, and thanks people for doing so.

And that the previous discussions of the same URL are readily available at the top of the topic, via the "past" link.

So either HN itself is actively discouraging discussions, which seems unlikely, or your perception of this is askew.","comments":[{"id":46089859,"user":"gjvc","time":1764442712,"time_ago":"2 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

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Fair enough, I apologize.","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":5,"url":"item?id=46090580"}],"comments_count":1,"level":4,"url":"item?id=46089859"}],"comments_count":2,"level":3,"url":"item?id=46080953"},{"id":46081142,"user":"wat10000","time":1764353483,"time_ago":"2 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

I directly addressed that in my last sentence.","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":3,"url":"item?id=46081142"}],"comments_count":4,"level":2,"url":"item?id=46079926"}],"comments_count":5,"level":1,"url":"item?id=46079856"},{"id":46079878,"time":1764346227,"time_ago":"2 months ago","type":"comment","content":"[deleted]","deleted":true,"comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":1,"url":"item?id=46079878"}],"comments_count":7,"level":0,"url":"item?id=46079572"}],"comments_count":8,"url":"item?id=46079017"}

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