A reply is always in the context of the thing that is being replied on. It’s how...

andrewflnr · 2024-05-09T03:02:46 1715223766

And everything is always in exactly one easily defined context, right? So for a comment reply we already know the full context just by looking at its immediate parent. That's how nested replies work, right?

noncoml · 2024-05-09T03:07:17 1715224037

Yes..?

andrewflnr · 2024-05-09T03:12:13 1715224333

Really? Go into the next HN thread and see how many deeply nested comments you can make sense of by looking only at their parent.

noncoml · 2024-05-09T04:44:29 1715229869

You are not doing HN right if you are only reading the parent

andrewflnr · 2024-05-10T00:50:59 1715302259

Correct. Why is that? Apply this logic to the current comment chain, starting from OP.

lukan · 2024-05-09T06:14:55 1715235295

Yeah, you both seem to agree. The larger context matters.

andrewflnr · 2024-05-10T00:54:42 1715302482

Me:

> And everything is always in exactly one easily defined context, right? So for a comment reply we already know the full context just by looking at its immediate parent. That's how nested replies work, right?

noncoml:

> Yes..?

But somehow, also noncoml:

> You are not doing HN right if you are only reading the parent

I give up.