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> but it sticks out like a sore thumb

Could you give some examples of HN comments that "sticks out like a sore thumb"?

> It's too verbose, not specific enough to the discussion, and so on.

That to me just sounds like the average person who feels deeply about something, but isn't used to productive arguments/debates. I come across this frequently on HN, Twitter and everywhere else, including real life where I know for a fact the person I'm speaking to is not a robot (I'm 99% sure at least).


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metalliqaz10/01/2024

sorry, I didn't mean to give the impression that I was talking about HN comments specifically. I was talking about spotting bot content out on the open Internet.

as for verbosity, I don't mean simply using a lot of text, but rather using a lot of superfluous words sentences.

people tend not to write in comments the way they would in an article.