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Re:An Open Letter From Elizabeth Holmes by dang on Thursday October 06, 2016 @12:26AM (#12650244)
One needn't sympathize with those things to downvote unsubstantive snark on HN.

We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12649468 and marked it off-topic.

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Re:An Open Letter From Elizabeth Holmes by lint_roller on Thursday October 06, 2016 @01:03AM (#12650365)
Snark begets snark, dang. I didn't perceive the parent comment to be particularly substantive either.

We'll agree to disagree. Voters seemed to agree with my sentiment after all.

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Re:An Open Letter From Elizabeth Holmes by dang on Thursday October 06, 2016 @10:56AM (#12652983)
Voters upvote snark routinely. That's a weakness of the voting system, not a sign of quality. HN can't live by upvotes alone.
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