Some authors do tend to repeat themselves and use unnecessary language, or use the title to hook you into reading the article for a piece of information that they only reveal at the end

Totally misses the point:

> as many are not deserving of a click

How do you do "due diligence" on a HN link without clicking on it? Do you use Google to look at the story and then click the link if it turns out not to be clickbait or other crap that you believe doesn't deserve a click?

Below is the majority of the post, before it gets in to all the links and such, run through SMMRY[0] set to only use 7 sentences (92% reduction). It obviously doesn't tell the full story, but it isn't bad for a tl;dnr.

My name is Maxim and I'm an independent game developer.

With millions of downloads it is definitely my most successful game so far, and that's thanks to a very active fan base which I'm very grateful to have.

It's really cool to see people play the game in front of your eyes.

You evaluate behavior - are they passionate gamers? Or rather cold business people.

You check out their game - it looks like a copy of a popular game you know.

The answer So as with many other people who offered to buy the game - you politely decline.

How come? How come a copycat can use the name of the original game? You guessed it... trademarks.

[0] https://smmry.com/