Magnitude of Irrelavance

I like it when people comment on stuff, be it on this site or somewhere else. I think comments are one important aspect of interaction. People give feedback, others feed that back to the commenter; there is people interacting with each other.

But lately I have realized there are a lot of irrelavant comments out there. Those which only are posted to be the first comment. This is both pointless, meaninless, impolite, and whatnot.

“First Comment“s are pointless

Oh looky, ata-boy made a comment! wee!

Are people that insecure and unimportant they have to make a point of HAVING NOTHING TO SAY?

“First Comment“s are meaningless

There is no meaning in them. There is no question asked, no misunderstaning pointed out, no agreement nodded; not even a fight picked or a flamewar started. It is NOTHING!

“First Comment“s are impolite

Imagine you make a speech, or a presentation. At the end you ask “Any questions?”, because that’s the point where discussion should start. But instead of asking a related question, someone just yells “No question, I just came in to say nothing. Bye!”

This is impolite, even rude. It stinks and only lowers the signal to noise ratio.

What not and what else

Please do not be a dick, cunt, asshole, moron, dumbass, or fuckhead. When you comment on something, give it meaning, raise a point, ask a question, insult someone, blame the aliens, or tell everbody about how you were abused as a kid.

Please leave comments whereever you go, whereever you browse. But just do not write “first comment”. You are only adding to your insignificance.

If you don’t feel like posting a comment, you can reach me via email.

Tell me some more cuss words vie the comments, please. Be creative – or be still.