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"I turned my WiFi off and nothing surprising happened" wouldn't make it to the front page of HN.

• lapcat 4y ago
  The author blogs almost every day about the Mac on his years-old Mac-oriented blog. The author doesn't write for HN readers, nor did he submit his blog post to HN. Why do the worst HN comments always rise to the top?
  • joshuaissac 4y ago
    > The author doesn't write for HN readers, nor did he submit his blog post to HN. It does not follow from the GP comment's claim that the author must be writing for HN readers. There may be many articles written by many people about how the Mac works without a network connection, but this one happened to be the one to be posted to HN and make it to the front page because it has traits that are in line with what HN wants to read.
    • lapcat 4y ago
      > It does not follow from the GP comment's claim that the author must be writing for HN readers. It seemed clear to me that the comment was a snide remark suggesting that the article was clickbait. Much like some of the other snide remarks on this submission, such as the sibling comment "The difference is that this article is an advertisement for the app they're selling." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35149157 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35149157