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netruk44yesterday at 11:35 PM2 repliesview on HN

> Why do you speak about yourself in the third person?

When you submit a link to HN, there is an entry field for text in addition to the url.

It does not really describe what the text is used for. For links, the content of that field is simply added as the first comment.

Someone who is unfamiliar with the submission process may assume this field should describe what they are submitting, and not format it like a comment.

Then that text gets posted as the first comment and tons of people downvote it, jumping to the conclusion that the weird summary comment is from an AI, and not the submitter describing their own submission.

(I also assumed these comments were AI until someone else pointed this out)


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axelriettoday at 12:04 AM

Could not have said it better myself. Thanks.

dnwtoday at 12:44 AM

AH! Thanks, that's useful context!