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No need to identify this as LLM-produced crap. No human being could write something this stupid and pointless.

by gregjor 4y ago

tudortot 4y ago
you don't have to be mean, if you don't like it.
- gregjor 4y ago
  As a constant traveler the subject caught my eye, and I read through the whole thing. I learned a little (perhaps questionable) information about Heraclitus and Aristotle, and the derivations of "belonging" and "hotel," but absolutely nothing about what hotels will do to "win the war" against vacations rentals. The title promises to tell me how hotels will win that war, but the article fails to do so. And the style comes off as stilted and pompous, with almost no relevant content. If you write articles like this and promote them on sites like Hacker News you have to expect criticism. I get criticism for my articles too, and I use that criticism to improve my writing and my content. I apologize for calling you an LLM. I still think the article wasted my time -- pointless.
  - tudortot 4y ago
    Thank you for the feedback. I am continuously exploring various topics and styles for my articles, particularly in the realm of vacation rentals. For instance, I have written more applied pieces, such as this one on SEO optimization for vacation rental websites: https://touristapart.com/vacation-rental-website-templates-how-to-optimize-for-seo/ https://touristapart.com/vacation-rental-website-templates-h... The article about hotels was intended to be more of an opinion piece, and I understand that this type of content may not resonate as well with the Hacker News audience. Nonetheless, I appreciate the opportunity to experiment.
    - gregjor 4y ago
      Like I wrote, I travel constantly and stay at both hotels and vacation rentals/AirBnbs. Full-time -- my wife and I live nomadically with no real fixed base. So I would love to know how hotels "win" against AirBnb et al., especially since AirBnb service has gone downhill along with the quality of the properties they advertise. We just had to cancel at an AirBnb in Kuala Lumpur because it was full of some white powder (bug spray? cleaning fluid? The host didn't know what it was). Not the first time I've had to bail on what looked like a good place on the web site and fall back to a hotel, paying more than I'd like to. So if hotels are actually making changes to compete with AirBnb and VRBO and so on, I'm very interested to know about that.

No need to identify this as LLM-produced crap. No human being could write something this stupid and pointless.

tudortot 4y ago

you don't have to be mean, if you don't like it.

gregjor 4y ago
As a constant traveler the subject caught my eye, and I read through the whole thing. I learned a little (perhaps questionable) information about Heraclitus and Aristotle, and the derivations of "belonging" and "hotel," but absolutely nothing about what hotels will do to "win the war" against vacations rentals. The title promises to tell me how hotels will win that war, but the article fails to do so. And the style comes off as stilted and pompous, with almost no relevant content. If you write articles like this and promote them on sites like Hacker News you have to expect criticism. I get criticism for my articles too, and I use that criticism to improve my writing and my content. I apologize for calling you an LLM. I still think the article wasted my time -- pointless.
- tudortot 4y ago
  Thank you for the feedback. I am continuously exploring various topics and styles for my articles, particularly in the realm of vacation rentals. For instance, I have written more applied pieces, such as this one on SEO optimization for vacation rental websites: https://touristapart.com/vacation-rental-website-templates-how-to-optimize-for-seo/ https://touristapart.com/vacation-rental-website-templates-h... The article about hotels was intended to be more of an opinion piece, and I understand that this type of content may not resonate as well with the Hacker News audience. Nonetheless, I appreciate the opportunity to experiment.
  - gregjor 4y ago
    Like I wrote, I travel constantly and stay at both hotels and vacation rentals/AirBnbs. Full-time -- my wife and I live nomadically with no real fixed base. So I would love to know how hotels "win" against AirBnb et al., especially since AirBnb service has gone downhill along with the quality of the properties they advertise. We just had to cancel at an AirBnb in Kuala Lumpur because it was full of some white powder (bug spray? cleaning fluid? The host didn't know what it was). Not the first time I've had to bail on what looked like a good place on the web site and fall back to a hotel, paying more than I'd like to. So if hotels are actually making changes to compete with AirBnb and VRBO and so on, I'm very interested to know about that.