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> This is the quality that you reward with hundreds of points?

Many read HN just for the comments, so will upvote a low-quality article with a discussion-driving headline (often without reading the article), purely to generate discussion on a topic they're interested in.

It's something of a pity as articles like this with absolute garbage takes do a disservice to those users who share the sentiment for valid reasons. But at least we get to read some of those more well-reasoned arguments in the comments here.



I know it’s just 1 user, but I’d like to validate your hypothesis… I did exactly that with this article, even after reading it.




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