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Re:Promotion of alternative social platforms policy by CoastalCoder on Sunday December 18, 2022 @01:36PM (#34040966)
> This may be too meta, but there are a number of topics where I find the HN comments really low quality.

I agree. I'm not sure why, but there's something about Musk's behavior that really irks a lot of HN readers.

To be honest, for some reason I can't pinpoint [0] I feel a tremendous sense of schadenfreude against Musk. Hopefully that hasn't affected my comment posts too much.

[0] I'm somewhat politically conservative, so I don't think it's that. I'll have to reflect on this.

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Re:Promotion of alternative social platforms policy by jacquesm on Sunday December 18, 2022 @01:39PM (#34041025)
> there's something about Musk's behavior that really irks a lot of HN readers

Hypocrisy. Cruelty. Lack of empathy.

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Re:Promotion of alternative social platforms policy by funnymony on Sunday December 18, 2022 @02:44PM (#34042055)
… Hype. Fanboys&fangirls.
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Re:Promotion of alternative social platforms policy by jimmaswell on Sunday December 18, 2022 @01:50PM (#34041208)
Not really schadenfreude for me, just disappointment lately.
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