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Re: A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it

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post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A response appreciating the comment above for saving ones time.

A bad faith response that attempts to derail the conversation from the original article.

A snarky and insulting joke where the above commenter is the butt of the joke, calling attention to the bad faith response.

Re: A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it

#52

A complaint asking what this has to do with hackers or hacking.

A mildly annoyed reply quoting the Hacker News Guidelines to point out that:

> On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups.

Re: A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it

#54
In other words, clickbait.

Fox News used to be awful in this respect, with ledes such as "(Important thing) happens in (unnamed city)". Now they name the city. So that trick apparently backfired. It seems to have died out, along with "One weird trick..." articles.

New York Times opinion articles, though, have become worse. Today, "This May Be the Most Important Medical Story of the Decade". It's not.

Re: A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it

#55
post #24

An opinion about the design of the website.

A related comment to mention the perceived good performance of the website and how the web would be much better if such simple and performant designs were more prevalent.

A second paragraph vaguely taking aim at every common framework and library used and why they're all the real fundamental problem.

Re: A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it

#56

A comment complaining this was obviously written by an AI, and the standard template is a tell. A philosophical observation about what that says about the state on online discourse. Link to the Dead Internet Wikipedia page.

Nitpicky reply questioning the adherence of OP's comment to HN guidelines.

Re: A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it

#57

A complaint about the quality of posts and the comments they elicit here, followed by an allegation that Hacker News is turning into Reddit.

> followed by an allegation that Hacker News is turning into Reddit.

A reminder that saying Hacker News is turning into Reddit is explicitly against the rules here, delivered in an unnecessarily condescending manner.

Re: A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it

#58

An obvious attempt to insert a link into my own vibe-coded project, in the pretense it is either relevant or related.

A scathing review of the project in one or two sentences. With no help or improvements to offer.
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