I've seen this a couple times over the last week, where a person posts something from their own site, and then immediately makes a comment with a verbatim excerpt.
I've thought about it and I think it sucks. Let's not do it. Let's make it HN culture not to do it.
I don't think they're necessarily doing it on purpose. If you put something in the text field of the submission form it posts it as a comment from the submitter, but the submission form doesn't say that's what will happen.
Fortunately, this isn't their site, it's mine!
Well, that's better, but I still think posting the snippet is pointless and obnoxious and mostly a way to make it look like there's already discussion -- Potemkin Posting.
I love it when someone giving you some money is much, much worse than giving you nothing. This reminds me of Delta airlines apologizing for a four-hour delay with a $3 voucher. I've rarely been humiliated more than by being given those three dollars.
That's management suggesting you find a better job. :/
Every time this happens to me I keep thinking of that "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man?" meme.
you received an innovation award during the language model hype, despite not using a language model or anything related to it.