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skeledrewyesterday at 1:43 PM3 repliesview on HN

I read it perfectly fine. I see content, not style.


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grey-areayesterday at 6:35 PM

Style is also part of the content. Word choice, grammar, register, and tone all affect meaning and communication of that meaning. The medium is part of the message.

So your statement betrays a significant misunderstanding - there is no neat clean divide between style and content.

Also, LLMs often generate text that is plausible, but wrong, in ways big and small.

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jchwyesterday at 2:29 PM

When you say, "I see content, not style," you are separating what is being said from how it is being said. While it is great that you can extract the core message, you are missing a fundamental truth about writing: style and content are rarely completely separate. Writing involves both.

Poor prose does not just make writing ugly — it creates friction, obscures nuance, and introduces ambiguity.

You can eat a gourmet meal out of a dirty paper bowl. You still get the calories, but the delivery mechanism definitely impacts the experience and the perceived value of the food. Same food, different response.

See? I can write slop too, I don't even need to burn down a forest to do it. If you are OK with every fucking thing being written exactly like this, good for you. I am not.

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