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Increasingly see such comments on HN. It is weird.
by verticalscaler 2y ago
Increasingly see such comments on HN. It is weird.
- Gerardo1 2y agoIt is, and it's interesting that they seem to stay around. They don't add to the conversation in any way, and in fact attempt to de-rail and dismiss conversation without engaging with the material in any way whatsoever. It's neither kind, nor curious. It's not thoughtful or substantive. It's specifically not responding to any points, data, arguments, etc brought up in the linked article. It is absolutely sneering. It reduces the conversation to just a single word or two in the title. It is flamebait, tangential, and certainly tropey. It is the definition of a shallow dismissal. It is purely political and ideological. It absolutely is picking the most provocative thing (in the title) and singling that out.
- fwip 2y agoI hope HN doesn't go the Slashdot route.