Earlier quoted context omitted.
a passive-aggressive attack from a self-righteous hilltop
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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
#142Re: A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it
#143Can I also post a question that is actually answering itself?
Downvotes. Greyed out text. For no explicable reason.
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
#144A 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.
Re: A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it
#145A 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.
Re: A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it
#146A 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
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#147Re: A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it
#148Re: A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it
#149A 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.
Re: A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it
#150A 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.