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The “unfortunately” refers to the preceding text rather than the following. > However, despite these discussions not being off-topic, they tend to be flagged t
by sokoloff 3y ago
The “unfortunately” refers to the preceding text rather than the following.
> However, despite these discussions not being off-topic, they tend to be flagged to death by users regardless. Unfortunately.
- Y-bar 3y agoThat’s my point, I think. It seems to me that moderators are doing the right thing by HN rules and context by tagging such discussions are not off-topic. Why is it described as “unfortunate” then?
- djur 3y agoI think you're reading it as "Unfortunately, moderators occasionally unkill such threads..." when it's meant as "...they tend to be flagged to death by users regardless, unfortunately".
- Y-bar 3y agoI think so too perhaps and hopefully, but there is no comma As in your example. Just a period suggesting the previous sentence has ended.
- sokoloff 3y agoTrue. But the following phrase is set off by both a period and a set of parentheses. I think it’s pretty clear the author’s intent is for there to be a complete sentence about the behavior of HN users and then a complete thought saying that was unfortunate. (Then a parenthetical about the moderator behavior.)