When I look this thread as of now (11 July 18:00 in Amsterdam), I see almost no nested comments in the middle.
Typically when I read nested comments I see: agreements, disagreements or new perspectives. In most HN threads the most upvoted comments have the most nested comments, but it is also quite common to see a lot of nested comments somewhere in the middle in topics that have this many upvotes and I don't see them.
The upvoted comments and the nested versions are quite original -- 'soul searching'/self therapy, broken iPhones, blackberries and chess clocks. I haven't seen half of it in productivity books, perhaps variations of it, but the variations wouldn't allow me to think of a chess clock.
I'm thinking of why there are fewer nested comments in the middle. It might be because:
1. big enough personal differences in habit formation (my hunch)
2. we're all saying the same thing but we don't recognize it or we do but don't react
3. there's simply no need for further comment
When I look this thread as of now (11 July 18:00 in Amsterdam), I see almost no nested comments in the middle.
Typically when I read nested comments I see: agreements, disagreements or new perspectives. In most HN threads the most upvoted comments have the most nested comments, but it is also quite common to see a lot of nested comments somewhere in the middle in topics that have this many upvotes and I don't see them.
The upvoted comments and the nested versions are quite original -- 'soul searching'/self therapy, broken iPhones, blackberries and chess clocks. I haven't seen half of it in productivity books, perhaps variations of it, but the variations wouldn't allow me to think of a chess clock.
I'm thinking of why there are fewer nested comments in the middle. It might be because: 1. big enough personal differences in habit formation (my hunch) 2. we're all saying the same thing but we don't recognize it or we do but don't react 3. there's simply no need for further comment