alt Hacker NewsWhat is happening to HN? What is it about anymore? Posts and comments critical of any tech CEO doing shitty things or technologies that affect millions of lives are routinely flagged, while posts about a dumb piece of fabric with no special characteristics that almost no one will buy hit the front page multiple times.
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newsclues • today at 10:27 AM
I don’t understand the point of this post, (not your comment that makes total sense and I agree)
taspeotis • today at 10:30 AM
You're missing the meta: upvoting stuff like this is ironic shitposting-adjacent, so people upvote it.
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It makes sense that people tend to upvote things thats make them laugh over things that make them upset.