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I don't understand why there are so many spamlike comments, both in Chinese and English (好！支持！有希望了！ translates to Good! Support! There is hope!) And there are
by chewxy 12y ago
I don't understand why there are so many spamlike comments, both in Chinese and English (好！支持！有希望了！ translates to Good! Support! There is hope!)
And there are so many "Follow this post" comments. What is the context?
- chloerei 12y agoNo way to fix this "issues", China media delete all voices of doubt.
- luikore 12y agoThey are being sarcastic. In China's media, if some news is defined as "good news", then only comments like "好！支持！有希望了！" are displayed while doubting or opposing views are all deleted.
- monkeyninja 12y agonot really. We like to use sarcasm for fun, it doesn't mean the non-sarcastic views will be deleted. ask yourself before giving false information
- luikore 12y agoI don't mean "non-sarcastic views will be deleted" at all.
- thejosh 12y agoSame thing happens every time something "funny" gets linked on Github. Since there is no upvote/downvote to filter out the rubbish, people rush to post their may-may's as fast as possible before the thread gets locked. It happens constantly, it's not just the chinese (though maybe they don't understand how to subscribe to a thread?)
- westiseast 12y agoI don't know if it is uniquely Chinese, but lots of Chinese comment threads are like this - people like to register simple approval or disapproval (or comment-to-receive-updates). It's not 'spam' but maybe kind of bewildering to an HN audience where every comment is expected to be substantive.