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Comment by jjtheblunt | Hacker News Reader

"thank you think" in a title is overtly condescending...you know your audience and their educational deficiencies?

"than i thought" would be compelling to read.

This is the kind of copyediting advice ChatGPT gives. I think everyone gets that the author doesn't know what you, in particular, think about TypedDicts. Read things more charitably; this is not a good use of time to discuss.

I’m not a big fan of the “my opinion is fact” or “your opinion is wrong” headlines. They can be mildly funny in the right context, but it’s been done so much that they’re just a bit boring now. I’m especially bored of seeing this convention in conference presentation titles.

Or people could post what they think, since that's the point of an internet forum.

And here I thought the point of Internet forums was to prove who has the bigger uppey votey number!

Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Ironically, you seem to have found the most provocative comment to respond to.

Honestly, right now it looks like you are the one derailing the discussion. And when it didn't go your way, you started quoting the "guidelines" as if to smack us over our fingers for misbehaving. This entire sub-thread at time of writing this is like 20% of the entire discussion; and that's sad.

Seems a little ironic and self righteous since stories are upvoted based on the most provocative titles.

Yup, using "you" in headlines is a pattern that needs to die.

I get that it's attention-grabbing, but it's because it's rude.

You don't know anything about me. You don't know what I think or what I already know or what I won't believe.

I know it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but it's just one of those little aggravating things that makes life just a little bit worse each time you come across them.

The one I hate the most is:

"X thing did Y, here's why Z"

Where X and Y can range from meaningless to national security but Z always remains an opinion (usually uninformed too).

Just search "here's why that's bad/good" on google news and there's so much "slop."

"you" in headlines is better said, a better criterion for skippable articles, agreed! good point

100%! If people are dumb enough to think I am dumb, then they generally aren't saying anything worth listening to.

The irony of a typo in this meaningless and overly sensitive reply is hilarious

i agree (!), and it was my typo (amid Figaro the rescue kitten helping with the keyboard) and attempt to remark that such titles probably don't even get clicked.

It's a qualifier. In a sense, they do know their audience fairly well because someone who clicks on that link is intrigued and feel they have more to learn about it. Anyone who is pretty knowledgeable about the subject will go "pff .. yeah right" and not even click on it.

That said, it does annoy me too.

Also what annoys me is that I constantly try to play devils advocate for things like this even if I don't always agree with the conclusion of the advocate.

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