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hurrckplgbdlast Monday at 6:47 PM3 repliesview on HN

I consistently see this commenter making a single comment, of questionable relevance, expressing a strong opinion which isn't particularly thoughtful or interesting or true. Then they ignore the pushback and move on to the next thread, where they post another tangential hot take. I'm not at all surprised at the result. Those comments attract a lot of downvote because they aren't very good.

This thread is a microcosm of that. They went on a tangent from a tangent to express how little they think of their colleagues working in security. It wasn't out of curiosity, it didn't raise interesting questions or provoke interesting debate. They didn't defend or substantiate their opinion so that they and we could learn something from it. It was just a drive-by flamebait to stir the pot and express derision. It should be downvoted; it's a bad comment.

Perhaps that pattern is difficult to see when their hot takes align with your own takes.


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pwlmlast Monday at 7:27 PM

A microcosm indeed.

I didn't write my comment to applaud them.

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monero-xmrlast Monday at 8:25 PM

I post my view that is against the HN hive mind and don't always feel like rebutting the same hive mind talking points again and again. I like to post to prove there is an alternative view out there

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aids_bomblast Monday at 6:49 PM

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