So what we are saying here is that in the "did a bit of preliminary googling before writing something foolish" department, they did about as well as a HN commen

So what we are saying here is that in the "did a bit of preliminary googling before writing something foolish" department, they did about as well as a HN commenter. Seriously, the slight difference here makes your comparison less than flattering. This seems like some form of "damning with faint praise".