<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>andsoitis</author><text>Another heuristic is to ask yourself:&lt;p&gt;- does this have to be said&lt;p&gt;- does this have to be said now&lt;p&gt;- does this have to be said by me</text><parent_chain></parent_chain></comment><story><title>When to Shut Up: A Visual Guide (With Included Algorithm)</title><url>https://shaungallagher.pressbin.com/blog/shut-up.html</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>jader201</author><text>This could almost be useful (I know it’s mostly j&amp;#x2F;k), but it really needs some multiplier or something for the size of the audience.&lt;p&gt;For example, if you’re speaking 1:n, the numbers should shoot way up as n approaches 1, and way down&amp;#x2F;zero out — particularly for some branches of the chart — as n approaches higher orders of magnitude (so using a log scale).&lt;p&gt;That is, you shouldn’t need to prepare a speech when you’re taking 1:1. And you likely shouldn’t be talking at all without preparation when speaking to, say, 100 or more (unless you’re not the speaker and you’re asking a question, for example).</text><parent_chain></parent_chain></comment><story><title>When to Shut Up: A Visual Guide (With Included Algorithm)</title><url>https://shaungallagher.pressbin.com/blog/shut-up.html</url></story>