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There's been some discussion (for various sites) about what percentage of replies are written without actually reading any more than the headline. Are you thin

• krapp 4y ago
  It seems to be common enough that they had to make a specific rule in the guidelines preventing people from calling it out.
  • News-Dog 4y ago
    >preventing people from calling it out. : https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html >Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.< I think this means Not to ues the slur "Are a BOT" as in; your comment makes no sense.
    • krapp 4y ago
      I was referring to the rule about not calling out people who comment without reading the headline: Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."
      • News-Dog 4y ago
        True! I misconstrued your Point, Apologies! I fixated on the line by MilnerRoute; >Are you thinking about writing a bot that replies to Hacker News posts?<