A simpler principle for initially dealing with this: ask yourself "What am I trying to accomplish with this comment?"
On a forum like Hacker News, it should generally be one of the "make things better" reasons that are suggested by others.
But alternatively, you can on various forums, and I suppose the occasional Hacker News discussion, comment to make yourself feel better (however that works).
Ah, another suggestion: look back on your old comments (easy with Hacker News) and ask yourself if you're now glad you made (enough of) them. Do they make you cringe, or feel proud?
On a forum like Hacker News, it should generally be one of the "make things better" reasons that are suggested by others.
But alternatively, you can on various forums, and I suppose the occasional Hacker News discussion, comment to make yourself feel better (however that works).
Ah, another suggestion: look back on your old comments (easy with Hacker News) and ask yourself if you're now glad you made (enough of) them. Do they make you cringe, or feel proud?