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Re:Two California hikers found a family's message in a bottl... by lelf on Thursday September 12, 2019 @10:25AM (#20951786)
> Please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.

(c) https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html, should be in FAQ too ;-)

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Re:Two California hikers found a family's message in a bottl... by mrfredward on Thursday September 12, 2019 @01:16PM (#20953923)
I agree with you on the turning into the reddit part, but I have to say that the way I read the guidelines, this article fits the description for off-topic more so than it meets the description for on-topic.
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Re:Two California hikers found a family's message in a bottl... by moate on Thursday September 12, 2019 @01:24PM (#20954001)
I would argue that at least 110 people (as of this comment's posting) disagree with you. Yay democracy!
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Re:Two California hikers found a family's message in a bottl... by mrfredward on Thursday September 12, 2019 @04:33PM (#20956138)
True, but the lack of a downvote button on posts means we'll never know how many agree. This community is far bigger than 110, so the vast majority (as with every post) abstained from the vote, and we'll never know their reasoning.
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