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It’s not suspicious, the previous title calling it an operating system was extremely incorrect and intentionally misleading to generate buzz. Aka clickbait.
by callalex 3y ago
It’s not suspicious, the previous title calling it an operating system was extremely incorrect and intentionally misleading to generate buzz. Aka clickbait.
- xcv123 3y ago[flagged]
- dang 3y agoPlease don't cross into personal attack, no matter how wrong someone is or you feel they are. It only makes things worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- xcv123 3y agoI had already edited my comment to make it non-personal. You saw it just before I fixed it.
- dang 3y agoI appreciate the edit, which was definitely an improvement. But "If you're not used to reading academic papers then of course it would confuse you" is still a personal swipe. At least that's how it lands with me (and probably at least some others as well).
- xcv123 3y agoThe comment I was replying to was accusing the authors of the paper of intentionally misleading people. In my mind that is someone who is confused and assuming bad faith of the authors without making a genuine effort to understand their paper beyond the headline.