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It looks like it is too much to ask for some people to read the article before commenting. I wonder why they do this, are they being paid to comment? Are they bots?


The thrill of using Hackernews is commenting. If you spend your time reading articles, you have less time for articles you can comment on.


the linked site will be of varying quality. often the site's text will not be readable on $platform. complaining about that is gauche though, and the comments will often have something to reply to anyway.


Not to mention, half the time comment section here is much more informative than the original submission itself.

Some submissions are really worth reading. Others are worth more as conversation starters. Of those, some are submitted (and upvoted) intentionally to be the latter.


That and it’s HACKER news. Basic infosec, never assume positive intent. Generally and by in large the site is incredibly well moderated and the current community is largely good about self policing… that said this site has bigger eyes on it than lets on…

…something something current affairs


The comments don't turn dark and pop up and obnoxious box asking for my email address.


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