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ninjaranter 11 hours ago [-]
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.
jantissler 8 hours ago [-]
An unrelated comment added as a reply to the current top comment to get more views
rwoerz 53 minutes ago [-]
A reference [1] in an attempt to go one level of self-reference further.
A response appreciating the comment above for saving ones time.
tsumnia 9 hours ago [-]
A bad faith response that attempts to derail the conversation from the original article.
hperrin 9 hours ago [-]
A snarky and insulting joke where the above commenter is the butt of the joke, calling attention to the bad faith response.
euroderf 7 hours ago [-]
A modest plea for civility.
cyanydeez 6 hours ago [-]
Off topic summary of the discourse regarding a pet peeve that litterally no one has.
irishcoffee 6 hours ago [-]
A reminded that the riff raff can go to the “other site” when these threads occur.
10 hours ago [-]
foltik 7 hours ago [-]
Wistful nostalgia about the golden age of HN from an account created 11 months ago.
Bonus mention of a pg essay which the commenter clearly only read the title of.
fenomas 2 hours ago [-]
Curmudgeonly comment from someone trying to sound like a wise elder about how actually all this was the norm even in the days of Usenet.
mckirk 9 hours ago [-]
Nitpicky reply questioning the adherence of OP's comment to HN guidelines.
8 hours ago [-]
seamossfet 10 hours ago [-]
This is why I built [AI slop tool]. [Self promotion link to my vibe coded startup with no users]
7 hours ago [-]
clevor 4 minutes ago [-]
An unhelpful comment left by a user who only read a few sentences of the blog post.
rolandog 3 hours ago [-]
A suspiciously highly upvoted psyop disguised as lengthy diatribe authoritatively waxing poetic in a tone that conflates the thing that has been linked with everything that is wrong with humanity but that can be boiled down to empty platitudes that end up tiring the average reader and successfully prevents more people from engaging with the content.
valiant55 3 hours ago [-]
A comment the adds nothing to the discussion but derails the conversation with an anecdotes from the writers childhood because how this topic vaguely reminds them of something kind of similar.
jasong 10 hours ago [-]
A poor attempt at joining the convo too late because I don't browse /new like everyone else. No one upvotes, and I question my intelligence for the 3rd time today.
awkwardpotato 9 hours ago [-]
A random reply hours later, long after the post has left the front page
joshstrange 11 hours ago [-]
> Cherry-picked quote from the article cut off too early
Bad faith argument that could only be made by not reading further into the article or cutting the quote off before it answers the exact question/argument posed here.
freehorse 9 hours ago [-]
Comment asking the previous commenter in a passive aggressive manner whether they had actually read the article, without providing any further context or counter to the argument made.
A post thanking dang for his tireless moderation work.
andromaton 2 hours ago [-]
A post agreeing, adding a personal anecdote about a gentle nudge received years ago that the commenter still thinks about.
Eduard 11 hours ago [-]
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.
sillysaurusx 10 hours ago [-]
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.
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.
mihaic 10 hours ago [-]
A snide and vitriolic remark that observes on how the first paragraph actually addresses the concern of the person which hasn't read the article. A further continuation on this being representative of the state of modern online discourse.
andromaton 2 hours ago [-]
A highly voted comment that seems insightful if you don't know the domain but amateurish if you do.
mellosouls 10 hours ago [-]
"A Technical Blog Post by a Big Name Expert" (2013)
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.
stevekemp 10 hours ago [-]
An obvious attempt to insert a link into my own vibe-coded project, in the pretense it is either relevant or related.
alphawhisky 9 hours ago [-]
A scathing review of the project in one or two sentences. With no help or improvements to offer.
CephalopodMD 9 hours ago [-]
A link to the HN discussion from when this was already posted here 6 months ago, possibly to be helpful, but also possibly as an attempt to admonish others for not knowing this is a repost.
ijk 30 minutes ago [-]
An ouwardly earnest reminder that reposts are explicitly encouraged on HN, but disingenuously omitting to mention the "after 12 months" part of that.
cperciva 10 hours ago [-]
A complaint about the quality of posts and the comments they elicit here, followed by an allegation that Hacker News is turning into Reddit.
Aurornis 9 hours ago [-]
> followed by an allegation that Hacker News is turning into Reddit.
A reminder that saying Hacker News is turning into Reddit is explicitly against the rules here, delivered in an unnecessarily condescending manner.
Karrot_Kream 10 hours ago [-]
A comment making a subtle point about something discussed in the middle of the article that languishes near the bottom of the page because nobody read the full article.
saaaaaam 9 hours ago [-]
A schtick that is at least as old as the internet, revitalised for new audiences who think it is brilliantly original, to make the author look clever.
It is especially effective because he is doing all the things he is describing at a high level.
Joeboy 10 hours ago [-]
An opinion about the design of the website.
terramex 10 hours ago [-]
Link to HN guidelines with following quote pasted below:
> Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting.
A related comment to mention the perceived good performance of the website and how the web would be much better if such simple and performant designs were more prevalent.
A second paragraph vaguely taking aim at every common framework and library used and why they're all the real fundamental problem.
brandonmensing 11 hours ago [-]
A note of gratitude from a first time poster who tries to take some credit by saying they have always felt the same way
wavemode 7 hours ago [-]
A comment dismissing the author's problem as irrelevant since AI agents will soon be able to solve it for us.
Headwig 8 hours ago [-]
A comment going along with the joke of the article, but in a meta way. Thusly creating a meta context loop that needs to be addressed.
CompoundEyes 6 hours ago [-]
A comment from a representative of the company getting raked over the coals in the article and discussion in an attempt at damage control.
econ 10 hours ago [-]
Repeat the title 3 times in the first 3 lines then again as the start of the next paragraph.
Fill the rest of the article assuming this is the readers first day on planet earth. Like, an article about a CPU architecture should start with the early history of mathematics.
andromaton 2 hours ago [-]
A comment from someone who knows or knew the author or was part of the project sharing details that makes readers feel like they've just been handed backstage passes.
brumar 6 hours ago [-]
A comment overgeneralizing the current comments trend to then write something less conformant.
Also that: I never saw HN being so playful before.
ramon156 10 hours ago [-]
A niche reference almost no one gets, except one.
ambicapter 9 hours ago [-]
A comment haughtily linking to the original appearance of said reference.
TZubiri 8 hours ago [-]
Complaining that the joke is ruined, but secretly a way to belong to the in group without actually knowing the joke beforehand
Garlef 4 hours ago [-]
The countless times I've read an article that starts with the description of a researcher drinking their morning coffee...
wiredfool 6 hours ago [-]
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor falls, the major lifts
gabeyaw 11 hours ago [-]
A question that was addressed in the 3rd paragraph of the article
disgruntledphd2 11 hours ago [-]
A subtle counterpoint from paragraph seven (7)
j2kun 10 hours ago [-]
A comment not about the article, but rather about the perceived quality of the HN comments.
nkmnz 8 hours ago [-]
A comment about how this could be achieved using rsync instead.
noman-land 3 hours ago [-]
A link to the infamous Dropbox comment.
danhon 8 hours ago [-]
This should be read in conjunction with a think piece[0]
Reminds? In a way that's basically a ripoff of the idea just applied to a different topic.
nout 7 hours ago [-]
Unrelated comment nudging people to use nostr instead of the centralized established solution.
salomon812 9 hours ago [-]
A sentence remarking this concept was implemented in a different media.
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Title of the song
Naive expression of love
Reluctance to accept that you are gone
Request to turn back time and rectify my wrongs
Repetition of the title of the song
tnelsond4 6 hours ago [-]
Comment that starts a completely unrelated rabbit trail.
vivid242 8 hours ago [-]
Can I also post a question that is actually answering itself?
Nevermark 7 hours ago [-]
Downvotes. Greyed out text. For no explicable reason.
abstractbill 9 hours ago [-]
A complaint asking what this has to do with hackers or hacking.
sunrunner 9 hours ago [-]
A mildly annoyed reply quoting the Hacker News Guidelines to point out that:
> On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups.
cpfohl 10 hours ago [-]
Anyone struggle with the large font size? I can only consume about 2 lines, maybe three lines at that size before I struggle with tracking.
The article itself was in fact delightful once I zoomed out a bunch.
wizardforhire 11 hours ago [-]
A simple statement of acknowledgement.
> a quote from the article
A link to something relevant or interesting to add or support a point [1]
An opinionated comment or personal anecdote.
[1] the link from above
bensyverson 10 hours ago [-]
A reply which references neither the parent comment nor the article, but makes a strong and likely negative statement.
Redster 11 hours ago [-]
>> a quote from the article
> An opinionated comment or personal anecdote.
Counter opinion or added nuance. [1]
[1] A link for support or to demonstrate a counterexample.
zirkonit 10 hours ago [-]
An uncalled-for ad hominem that serves to quickly devolve the discussion in opinionated ragebait.
TZubiri 8 hours ago [-]
Deranged comment that has only a vague connection to the article topic, but allows me to explore a thought that I had beforehand, poorly formatted and stream-of-consciousnessy because this is not a blog post or even a linkedin article, it's a random comment buried in the depths of the internet and I wrote it for myself.
Continuation of the thoughts from the first paragraph and repetition, because either I forgot what I had and had not written, but also because the flow of the thought naturally brings me back to the main thesis, as if solving a mathematical problem and then going backwards to the original problem statement with a different technique for verification. Deranged poorly formatted comment that only barely connects to the topic at hand, which I only read the first part of anyways.
7 hours ago [-]
nusl 10 hours ago [-]
This seems like a useful reference when asking AI to create content for you, despite the irony
Nevermark 7 hours ago [-]
A weak argument which suggests there is a strong parallel to a famous 20th century expansionist totalitarian.
boznz 9 hours ago [-]
I guess I am too honest to go down the click-bait title stuff. I would love to get more traffic too my web site, but not this way. I prefer to write up interesting hardware of software projects, but i'm in the middle of writing another sci-fi epic and there are only so many projects you can juggle :-)
nothinkjustai 9 hours ago [-]
A comment pointing out that this submission and/or comment section break the HN rules, which are selectively ignored by the VC mods.
seamossfet 10 hours ago [-]
A false dichotomy that segments typical replies into one of two groups.
Group 1: A thinly veiled straw man that buckets everyone I disagree with, along with an attempt to appear as if I'm being unbiased
Group 2: The group I put myself in and provide better arguments for why this perspective is correct.
Vague motte and bailey statement that gives me plausible deniability when someone criticizes my analysis.
Nevermark 7 hours ago [-]
A link to a web archived version of the paywalled original.
Nevermark 7 hours ago [-]
A thoughtful witty self-effacing on point comment. Which for some reason gets no upvotes. No downvotes. No follow up comments.
_doctor_love 11 hours ago [-]
Tu caca, Derrida?
NonHyloMorph 10 hours ago [-]
ramon156 12 minutes ago | unvote | prev | next [–]
A niche reference almost no one gets, except one
_doctor_love 10 hours ago [-]
An appreciative comment making the original niche poster feel seen.
erelong 8 hours ago [-]
"titlemaxxing" / "clickbaitmaxxing"
throwpoaster 9 hours ago [-]
A comment that takes a second to realize it’s a troll.
smitty1e 7 hours ago [-]
Full-throated denunciation of anyone who can't see the marionette strings of Big Conspiracy behind all of this.
ajkjk 9 hours ago [-]
I for one am not playing along
I did enjoy this, though. Even the title worked.
9 hours ago [-]
throwanem 9 hours ago [-]
...sheesh.
andromaton 2 hours ago [-]
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Jerrrrrrrry 3 hours ago [-]
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stephbook 10 hours ago [-]
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supliminal 1 hours ago [-]
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throw_47720827 9 hours ago [-]
A heavily downvoted comment from a new account registered specifically to comment on this link.
tomi_dev 10 hours ago [-]
Feels similar with cold email.I used to think it was mostly about better copy or subject lines, but lately it feels like timing matters way more. Same message, different moment, completely different outcome.
Have you seen cases where timing mattered more than the message itself?
Animats 9 hours ago [-]
In other words, clickbait.
Fox News used to be awful in this respect, with ledes such as "(Important thing) happens in (unnamed city)". Now they name the city. So that trick apparently backfired. It seems to have died out, along with "One weird trick..." articles.
New York Times opinion articles, though, have become worse. Today, "This May Be the Most Important Medical Story of the Decade". It's not.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47727104
Bonus mention of a pg essay which the commenter clearly only read the title of.
Bad faith argument that could only be made by not reading further into the article or cutting the quote off before it answers the exact question/argument posed here.
A Technical Blog Post by a Big Name Expert - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5326511 - March 2013 (189 comments)
A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43219556 - Feb 2025 (112 comments)
A Hacker News thread where every comment describes itself - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38451203 - Nov 2023 (74 comments)
A request for others to add to the list.
http://bradconte.com/files/misc/HackerNewsParodyThread/
Discussion (589 points, 189 comments):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5326511
A reminder that saying Hacker News is turning into Reddit is explicitly against the rules here, delivered in an unnecessarily condescending manner.
It is especially effective because he is doing all the things he is describing at a high level.
> Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
A second paragraph vaguely taking aim at every common framework and library used and why they're all the real fundamental problem.
Fill the rest of the article assuming this is the readers first day on planet earth. Like, an article about a CPU architecture should start with the early history of mathematics.
Also that: I never saw HN being so playful before.
[0] https://medium.com/@hondanhon/this-is-a-think-piece-78618692...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G025oxyWv0E
Selective Study Confirms Already Held Prejudice.
It makes a good companion to;
Outlier Study Upends Conventional Wisdom.
>Fletcher Munson: [sunnily, on homecoming] Generic greeting!
>Mrs. Munson: [warmly] Generic greeting returned!
>[they kiss and chuckle at each other]
>Fletcher Munson: Imminent sustenance.
>Mrs. Munson: Overly dramatic statement regarding upcoming meal.
>Fletcher Munson: Oooh! False reaction indicating hunger and excitement!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117561/quotes/
----
Title of the song
Naive expression of love
Reluctance to accept that you are gone
Request to turn back time and rectify my wrongs
Repetition of the title of the song
> On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups.
The article itself was in fact delightful once I zoomed out a bunch.
> a quote from the article
A link to something relevant or interesting to add or support a point [1]
An opinionated comment or personal anecdote.
[1] the link from above
> An opinionated comment or personal anecdote.
Counter opinion or added nuance. [1]
[1] A link for support or to demonstrate a counterexample.
Continuation of the thoughts from the first paragraph and repetition, because either I forgot what I had and had not written, but also because the flow of the thought naturally brings me back to the main thesis, as if solving a mathematical problem and then going backwards to the original problem statement with a different technique for verification. Deranged poorly formatted comment that only barely connects to the topic at hand, which I only read the first part of anyways.
Group 1: A thinly veiled straw man that buckets everyone I disagree with, along with an attempt to appear as if I'm being unbiased
Group 2: The group I put myself in and provide better arguments for why this perspective is correct.
Vague motte and bailey statement that gives me plausible deniability when someone criticizes my analysis.
A niche reference almost no one gets, except one
I did enjoy this, though. Even the title worked.
Have you seen cases where timing mattered more than the message itself?
Fox News used to be awful in this respect, with ledes such as "(Important thing) happens in (unnamed city)". Now they name the city. So that trick apparently backfired. It seems to have died out, along with "One weird trick..." articles.
New York Times opinion articles, though, have become worse. Today, "This May Be the Most Important Medical Story of the Decade". It's not.