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Thank you for saying it out loud. 100%. Seen a handful of very strange top comments this week that you usually wouldn't see on HN, I assume because of the holid
by refulgentis 2y ago
Thank you for saying it out loud. 100%. Seen a handful of very strange top comments this week that you usually wouldn't see on HN, I assume because of the holidays.
i.e. more practicing rhetoric than contributing content, and/or, leaning on rhetorical strategies to do a more traditional definition of trolling circa early 2000s Slashdot. i.e. generate tons of replies by introducing a tangent that'll generate conversation.
- shadowgovt 2y agoThe ecosystem rewards it.
- ksec 2y agoAlso partly because it is hardware related. HN's hardware discussion has always been far worse than other tech site. And also why people should use the downvote button more often on post that shouldn't be sitting at the top.