It is the same reason people ignore homeless people. How inhumane right? When you make claims and take up people's time, that's credit. When you don't fulfill

It is the same reason people ignore homeless people. How inhumane right? When you make claims and take up people's time, that's credit. When you don't fulfill that credit with something you promised, you have taken more than you've given. That upsets people. So people ignore homeless folks because all they can do is ask for credit without ever fulfilling it. Some posts on HN are like that - they take up your time by sounding grandiose in this case and then you realize it's just nonsense and you feel like they've not re-paid that credit. With homeless people, you know they won't pay back so you ignore them. With HN and other data aggregators, you take your chances. Sometimes, you give out so much credit without getting anything back, that you grow frustrated. People refer to that as click-bait and there are many other forms of growing pains - some of them simply stemming from the fact that you can't please everyone. Assuming this clears up the confusion you've had for 4 years, I've justified you reading this and earned some future credit :)