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I find this style of writing incredibly cringy. Not only verbose for the information conveyed, but really not funny (I guess it was the intention). Maybe I am a

I find this style of writing incredibly cringy. Not only verbose for the information conveyed, but really not funny (I guess it was the intention). Maybe I am alone but for this reason I would at least be able to downvote main stories. Now I just hide it.

eminent101 2y ago
There is no "downvote" for main stories but there is a "flag" option to flag articles that you think don't belong to the HN main page. Users with enough karmas can see the "flag" option.
- anonzzzies 2y ago
  Ah. I thought the flag was to signal it was inappropriate so I only used it on stories like that. But I don't want to signal it shouldn't be on the main page; just that I personally don't like it: downvote would be more appropriate?
  - eminent101 2y ago
    You may be right. I barely use the "flag" link myself so I could be wrong about its true purpose is.
lbotos 2y ago
I bet this person is from a different culture than you? I'm American raised in the states, and this read like a Brit. The author's domain is .uk (https://tink.uk/ https://tink.uk/) so I suspect that's true.
- anonzzzies 2y ago
  I don't think that's it; "I sat up a little straighter and read on" doesn't seem very cultural? Just making something into storytelling which doesn't fit at all imho. I grew up with uk humor and writing anyway.
  - ImPostingOnHN 2y ago
    Yeah, one of my pet peeves is when someone really puts a lot of effort into making a technical article into an exaggerated story about themselves, like some sort of gonzo journalist. An explanation after each response, clearly pointing out the problem, is better than, 'The computer gave a response. I looked at the response, shocked. Wow. WOW!!!! Wooooooooooooooow. Absolutely shocked. I couldn't understand why I got that answer instead of the one in my mind. My head was spinning. Unable to believe what I was seeing, I took a step outside for some fresh air, and to have a smoke. My brand is parliaments, and I pulled out one and lit it up. My world was collapsing around me. I also have to go shopping today, I thought. It was at this time that I remembered I was writing a blog entry. You see, I like blogging. It suits me, because I am smart and want to share it. This response I got though, it was so dumb. So dumb. So, so, so, so, so, dumb. I put my head in my hands thinking about the response. I contemplated my life choices because of the response. I wondered where I went wrong because of the response. Then I pondered where humanity went wrong because of the response. Then I thought about where homo sapiens went wrong because of the response. Clearly this bad response by chatgpt was a fundamental error with evolution. Do I really want to exist in a world where an LLM can give a bad response? Does anybody??? What is this world coming to when something on the internet is wrong?????' 'It was then that I typed my second ever message to chatgpt. As I examined the response, it was so bad the entire universe abruptly exploded, or might as well have. I...'

eminent101 2y ago

There is no "downvote" for main stories but there is a "flag" option to flag articles that you think don't belong to the HN main page. Users with enough karmas can see the "flag" option.

anonzzzies 2y ago
Ah. I thought the flag was to signal it was inappropriate so I only used it on stories like that. But I don't want to signal it shouldn't be on the main page; just that I personally don't like it: downvote would be more appropriate?
- eminent101 2y ago
  You may be right. I barely use the "flag" link myself so I could be wrong about its true purpose is.

lbotos 2y ago

I bet this person is from a different culture than you? I'm American raised in the states, and this read like a Brit. The author's domain is .uk (https://tink.uk/ https://tink.uk/) so I suspect that's true.

anonzzzies 2y ago
I don't think that's it; "I sat up a little straighter and read on" doesn't seem very cultural? Just making something into storytelling which doesn't fit at all imho. I grew up with uk humor and writing anyway.
- ImPostingOnHN 2y ago
  Yeah, one of my pet peeves is when someone really puts a lot of effort into making a technical article into an exaggerated story about themselves, like some sort of gonzo journalist. An explanation after each response, clearly pointing out the problem, is better than, 'The computer gave a response. I looked at the response, shocked. Wow. WOW!!!! Wooooooooooooooow. Absolutely shocked. I couldn't understand why I got that answer instead of the one in my mind. My head was spinning. Unable to believe what I was seeing, I took a step outside for some fresh air, and to have a smoke. My brand is parliaments, and I pulled out one and lit it up. My world was collapsing around me. I also have to go shopping today, I thought. It was at this time that I remembered I was writing a blog entry. You see, I like blogging. It suits me, because I am smart and want to share it. This response I got though, it was so dumb. So dumb. So, so, so, so, so, dumb. I put my head in my hands thinking about the response. I contemplated my life choices because of the response. I wondered where I went wrong because of the response. Then I pondered where humanity went wrong because of the response. Then I thought about where homo sapiens went wrong because of the response. Clearly this bad response by chatgpt was a fundamental error with evolution. Do I really want to exist in a world where an LLM can give a bad response? Does anybody??? What is this world coming to when something on the internet is wrong?????' 'It was then that I typed my second ever message to chatgpt. As I examined the response, it was so bad the entire universe abruptly exploded, or might as well have. I...'