That said, the article is very informative, and well-balanced. It was really good of Google and the other browsers to join the wasm bandwagon. And yes, although as the author himself points out, "proclaiming a "winner" is unimportant or even counterproductive", Mozilla does deserve a lot of credit here.
That's the domain of reddit.
Also known as "culture". It's part of what keeps communities alive, and I don't think it's bad in and of itself.
More importantly, the posts weren't written for HN specifically, but in the context of discussing the open web and WebASM. Within that community this reference will be pretty obvious.
I do, that's the second part of my comment :)
That said, I actually read the other headline, but just forgot. So much for my memory...
The general message being: "Mozilla are being very diplomatic and restrained, whereas many in their current position would be outright celebratory"
When the open web wins, Mozilla wins.