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HN: all these closed silos are bad, they should be open

EU: mandates that at least a part of the silos such as messaging should be open

HN: no, not like that

HN != a single, heavily downvoted comment on HN

This is called exaggeration. Possibly even rhetorical hyperbole.

HN is often too literal though :)

I know you were joking. I meant my comment in a lighthearted way too. Maybe I should use more emoticons :)

Yeah, it's the bane of written communication: it's hard to convey emotions properly