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That one felt a bit contrived since it's highlighting an comment that has been downvoted almost to oblivion. The low contrast is a warning that the content is probably not worth your time. The low contrast is a feature, not a bug.

Is it? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2222522

That's the text of a text post. The same issue can be seen here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26739220

I believe it's still a "feature" in the sense that HN wants to discourage text submissions, but I think it's very arguable if this a good way of doing it.

I only read the comments anyway.

Oh, then that is weird. I have no idea.

No, it's the initial submission, not a comment.

This also confuses the hell out of me, I always "read" them as "heavily downvoted comment" only to realize "hey, no, that's a question! Why does HN style it like that?".

Every time.

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