> because everyone already knows that "debate me, bro" is bad and a problem No. They don't. There are plenty of people—some of them right here on HN—who have

> because everyone already knows that "debate me, bro" is bad and a problem No. They don't. There are plenty of people—some of them right here on HN—who have bought into the idea that these debate-bros are just rationalists persuading people through good-faith argumentation. That's why the debate bros do this: because it works on a lot of people. So spreading awareness that they are bad-faith actors actively seeking to spread misinformation and cloud the truth for fun and profit, without any reference to some "other side" that is "just as bad", is very, very necessary.