The comment consists of "This", "Then", and "how indeed", followed by the biggest recent inflammatory tweet on the topic. That is not an interesting or substantive comment. Many users in this thread have posted far more substantive things. HN is for that, not this.
I think the thing that swings it for me is that I wasn’t previously aware of Jack Dorsey’s view on Web 3 and while I don’t share his extreme position on it, I did find this comment useful and informative as a result, especially given Jack’s very unique position and viewpoint in the industry.
Is linking to an inflammatory tweet the same as posting a directly inflammatory comment?
I still think the comment was acceptable. Not the most substantive, but not deserving of moderation.
I know it’s a very fine line to tread. But I come to HN to read all viewpoints - even those that might be on the outer edges.
I agree that the comment might have seemed more interesting if you hadn't seen that tweet before, but that's an illusion for several reasons. First, the tweet has been repeated often enough to have achieved informational heat death (I get that you hadn't seen it, but that's an anomaly); second, it plays on a tedious flamewar trope in its own right; third, the comment didn't add any information.
Over the weekend I spent a bunch of time looking into web3 and I've come to the conclusion that effectively, this entire thing is a bujnch of clown cars and we're not obliged to provide comments that provide information (IE, it's not even worth the effort explaining why everything about web3 is a pyramid scheme/sham run by cryptobros). I'll generally try to avoid even commenting on such threads, but just be aware: large swaths of HN think this is dangerously bad stuff. My guess is HN wants to promote these conversations because Y-combinator invested in cryptocurrencies and wants to hype demand.
You are obliged to post better comments, no matter how little you feel you owe 'clown cars' or whatever, because you owe this community better if you're participating in it.
The idea on HN is: if you have a substantive point, make it thoughtfully; if not, please don't comment until you do.
Btw, that has nothing to do with YC investments. It just has to do with trying to have an internet forum that doesn't suck and doesn't burn itself to a crisp. That's our job here and it's hard enough already without piling something extraneous on top.
