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"Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead."

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

	▲	vileain 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
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mycodendral 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

the value is the directness, not implied origination

not everyone cares about playing voldemort

	▲	vileain 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		What is so aggrandizingly 'direct' about calling the system you are attempting to improve 'dumb'?

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spiderfarmer 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There are lots of bubbles where Elon is still king. Those bubbles are often void of deodorant.

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vileain 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Based on the response it appears HN is one such bubble.

	▲	spiderfarmer 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Elon spent billions to buy a platform and promote his tweets. He spent billions more to create a tweaked AI model that praised him like a mad king. He only has to spend a couple thousand a month to influence comment ranking on HN.