---
title: "Surprised with how good the comments on github gists are. A lot more helpful, insightful, constructi..."
source_name: "Andrej Karpathy(@karpathy)"
original_url: "https://x.com/karpathy/status/2040806346556428585"
canonical_url: "https://www.traeai.com/articles/fb578b89-8b39-433c-83ec-1d053ae0e362"
content_type: "tweet"
language: "英文"
score: 5.5
tags: ["GitHub","开发者社区","技术交流","社交媒体"]
published_at: "2026-04-05T14:58:44+00:00"
created_at: "2026-04-19T13:47:34.824224+00:00"
---

# Surprised with how good the comments on github gists are. A lot more helpful, insightful, constructi...

Canonical URL: https://www.traeai.com/articles/fb578b89-8b39-433c-83ec-1d053ae0e362
Original source: https://x.com/karpathy/status/2040806346556428585

## Summary

Andrej Karpathy称赞GitHub Gist评论质量高，认为其比社交平台更有建设性，并建议GitHub考虑与X竞争。

## Key Takeaways

- GitHub Gist的评论更高质量、有建设性且少AI内容
- 可能归因于用户社区、Markdown格式或缺乏激励机制
- 作者因此考虑更多使用Gist并建议GitHub拓展社交功能

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Title: Andrej Karpathy on X: "Surprised with how good the comments on github gists are. A lot more helpful, insightful, constructive, a lot less AI... Is it the user community? The markdown format? The (lack of) incentives?

Suddenly feeling like I should gist more.
@github consider competing with X (?)" / X

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Surprised with how good the comments on github gists are. A lot more helpful, insightful, constructive, a lot less AI... Is it the user community? The markdown format? The (lack of) incentives? Suddenly feeling like I should gist more. 

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