They always give off the same astroturfing vibes that reddit became infested with after the early 2010s (just look at it's comment history)
Ofc unprovable for users. Ycombinatior could try to, but it'd just become a cat/mouse game which they'd likely lose because of the incentives
I checked one. Old account, nuanced takes, and shitting on everyone equally. The perfect HN user!
That was not my actual intent, it was poorly expressed by me. I was specifically talking about the account which created the comment colinhb responded to. That'd make it the... Grand Grand Grand grandparent now I think?
We love to take sides, to belong to a small community of peers, no?
To me, there is this strange critique that seems to always happen now with a new model. Like shitting on the model for entertainment purposes seems more interesting to many than actually using the model.
It reminds me of looking up a new music album on youtube that has very few views with a review above it by The Needle Drop shitting on the album will have a few hundred thousands views.
I would rather just listen to the album and judge for myself.
Especially because I’m probably trying it at work, and I can’t really justify using the company’s enterprise plan to develop my understanding of a model that I don’t think is going to be the one I use for my work.