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

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

#143

Can I also post a question that is actually answering itself?

Downvotes. Greyed out text. For no explicable reason.

a condescending note about not commenting about votes on comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

a secondary comment explicitly explaining why this comment’s author downvoted the parent.

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

#144

A comment based on the reading of the title that could only be conceived if the commenter didn't bother to click the article at all.

A condescending put down from someone who has expertise in this area but also didn’t read the article and just felt like feeling superior this morning

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

#145
post #83

A note from the original author, possibly even a minor nerd celebrity, expressing surprise at this making the HN page and gratitude for those that rediscovered and reposted it.

Praise about one their older projects that I used in the good ol’ days

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

#146

A comment based on the reading of the title that could only be conceived if the commenter didn't bother to click the article at all.

A condescending put down from someone who has expertise in this area but also didn’t read the article and just felt like feeling superior this morning

A low-effort continuance of the format of these comments, demolishing the comedic premise and irreparably Redditizing the thread.

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

#149
post #7

A comment at Hacker News which provides a nuanced critique and which gains plenty of upvotes as a lot of users agree to the comment's sentiment.

A comment disagreeing with the central argument, presenting factual evidence for why it’s mistaken. Downvoted for an hour before balancing back out to a score of 2.

An irrelevant screed about AI reminding everyone that only organic, free-range, cage free code is completely bug free and perfect every time.

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

#150
post #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.

Self-aware meta commentary on HNers breaking HN guidelines to cite HN guidelines.
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