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You have a sad feeling for a moment, then it passes

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385 points colinprince | 8 comments | 27 Jul 22 16:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.584s | source | bottom
1. throwaway81523 ◴[27 Jul 22 17:28 UTC] No.32253476[source]▶
A somewhat interesting short essay about grief, inspired by the game of Nethack. The title comes from a message that appears in the game in certain situations.

I remember everything2 which was sort of a forerunner of wikipedia, and better in some ways. The contributor community was much less obnoxious. I'm glad it is still around. It's been ages since I looked at it.

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2. pravus ◴[27 Jul 22 17:38 UTC] No.32253661[source]▶
> The title comes from a message that appears in the game in certain situations.

As I recall this message appears when your pet dies but you weren't able to see it happen. It's definitely a sad feeling when you are a weak character with a strong pet doing most of the fighting.

3. vannevar ◴[27 Jul 22 18:13 UTC] No.32254265[source]▶
>I remember everything2 which was sort of a forerunner of wikipedia, and better in some ways.

E2 has the best karma system I've encountered online, which went a long way toward maintaining high quality content.

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4. mixmastamyk ◴[27 Jul 22 18:16 UTC] No.32254315[source]▶
Interesting, have a link that explains it?
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5. beowulfey ◴[27 Jul 22 18:17 UTC] No.32254327[source]▶
How does it work? I didn’t know E2 even had karma
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6. vonunov ◴[27 Jul 22 18:35 UTC] No.32254601{3}[source]▶
https://everything2.com/title/C%2521
7. vannevar ◴[27 Jul 22 18:45 UTC] No.32254758{3}[source]▶
https://everything2.com/node/superdoc/The+Everything2+Voting...

One key idea:

"Try to vote according to the standard of writing, not because you agree or disagree with what someone has written."

This is where HN's use of downvoting fails, it's often mistakenly used to signal disagreement rather than something off-topic or below site standards.

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8. VectorLock ◴[27 Jul 22 23:59 UTC] No.32258711{4}[source]▶
Reddit has the same problem. Nobody actually applies "upvote what adds to the conversation."