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I absolutely understand the sentiment, but LWN is a second-to-none publication that on this rare occasion couldn't resist the joke, and also largely plays to an
by sho_hn 11mo ago
I absolutely understand the sentiment, but LWN is a second-to-none publication that on this rare occasion couldn't resist the joke, and also largely plays to an audience who will immediately understand that it's tongue-in-cheek.
Speaking as a subscriber of about two decades who perhaps wouldn't have a career without the enormous amount of high-quality education provided by LWN content, or at least a far lesser one: Let's forgive.
- nailer 11mo agoHacker news generally removes Clickbait titles regardless of the provenance
- b33j0r 11mo agoFair. But there’s even an additional difference between snarky clickbait and “giving the exact opposite impression of the truth in a headline” ;)
- zengid 11mo agoHe didn't intend it as a joke and his intent matches the op's title revision request: https://lwn.net/Articles/1049840/ https://lwn.net/Articles/1049840/
- DrammBA 11mo ago> on this rare occasion couldn't resist the joke It was unintentional as per author > Ouch. That is what I get for pushing something out during a meeting, I guess. That was not my point; the experiment is done, and it was a success. I meant no more than that.
- DANmode 11mo agoThe “Ouch.” was in reference to being compared to Phoronix. Has anyone found them to be inaccurate, or fluffy to the point it degraded the content? I haven’t - but then again, probably predominantly reading the best posts being shared on aggregators.
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- IshKebab 11mo agoNah I used to read Phoronix and the articles are a bit clickbaity sometimes but mostly it's fine. The real issue is the reader comments. They're absolute trash.
- JoshTriplett 11mo agoThe comments section is the biggest problem, but also, in addition to clickbait, the site has a tendency to amplify and highlight anything that will produce drama, often creating a predictable tempest in a teapot.
- stavros 11mo agoI don't know about the "ouch" but the rest of the comment seems pretty clear that they didn't intend to imply the clickbait.
- DANmode 11mo agoThat’s correct! That’s why I was chatting about the “Ouch.” because it was the only part of the comment that didn’t make sense to me in isolation, so I opened the context, what he was replying to.