There's nothing inherently better about the edited version. It's just saying the same thing with synonyms substituted, at a slightly more formal but less personal register. HN comments are not academic text, colloquial turns of phrase are perfectly fine and expected.

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BeetleB 9 hours ago | parent [-]

> There's nothing inherently better about the edited version.

Easier to read ==> More likely to be read.

No, it's not saying the same thing, especially if the tool is telling you that your statement is ambiguous and should be rephrased.

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xxs 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Easier to read is mostly related with predictability of the text. Any time the brain mispredicts the next word, you'd have to go back and re-read.

Unless you are purposely train on that specific way to expression, it ain't easier to read.

	▲	BeetleB 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't know why this is confusing. If I forget to put the "not" qualifier in a sentence, do we agree that it can confuse (or worse, mislead) the reader?

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Sharlin 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

More formal register doesn’t mean easier to read or understand. To many people the exact opposite is the case.

	▲	BeetleB 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> More formal register doesn’t mean easier to read or understand. And who is advocating for a more formal register?

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mkl 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't think the edited version is easier to read.

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BeetleB 8 hours ago | parent [-]

I'll ask the same question I asked someone else:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47342324

You're saying removing ambiguity does not make it easier to read? You're saying using a word that means nothing like what you meant to say is easier to read than using the correct word?

Really?

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Sharlin 6 hours ago | parent [-]

What are you referring to? What word did the GP use that means nothing like what they meant to say?

	▲	BeetleB 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		OK. My brain farted, and I misunderstood the top post to be saying something else, and your and others' criticisms were misinterpreted by me. Now here's the thing. I wrote all my prior comments on a machine with no LLM access. On my personal machine, I had a while ago installed a TamperMonkey script that sends my draft, along with all the parents (to the root) to an LLM for feedback (with a specific prompt). All it does is give feedback (logical errors, etc). So I tried again with one of my comments, and its feedback found several flaws with my comment, and ended it with this suggestion: "Considering all this, it might be BETTER to either not reply ..." Had I had this advice when I was writing those comments, it would have saved me and others a fair amount of time. This is (mildly) useful. It'd be sad to ban such use.