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Re:How SEO Ruined the Internet by eitland on Monday April 06, 2020 @07:51AM (#22792864)
Again, I'm not a native speaker, here are the exact words that krapp used:

- "Don't know what to tell you."

- "The problem you're complaining about doesn't actually appear to exist, at least not objectively."

In my limited experience I don't see any reasons to use these exact words in this context except to belittle..?

Anyone care to explain? My seatbelt is fastened and I'm ready to learn (and apologize if necessary :-).

Re:How SEO Ruined the Internet by bobisbob on Monday April 06, 2020 @07:15PM (#22798848)
I'm a native English speaker. You're feeling that there is a belittling connotation is valid.

The first quote is potentially a dismissal, which is belittling. However, if it stood alone, it could also be interpreted as the person backing off because they lack qualification to interpret the results. But the second quote includes dismissal terms like "complaining" and "not objectively" in a demeaning context.

So, with all that, I'd say your impression is valid. The context highly suggests that these responses were meant to belittle the parent author's contribution to the conversation.

Here is my take on the parent's search results. The God Of War director ( Cory Barlog ) was a big part of the marketing for the game. And he did some in-game commentary for it too. So, this suggests some kind of SEO manipulation. But it could also just be the google spellcheck guessing wrong.