Hold on there. While it's certainly unfortunate that the top thread ended up as a debate of internal HN issues, there is within it a legitimate desire to help.

Hold on there. While it's certainly unfortunate that the top thread ended up as a debate of internal HN issues, there is within it a legitimate desire to help. When I saw that this was the intent of the parent, I posted in that thread so that anyone scanning the top of the page would regain the context needed to see the gravity of the original article.