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Re:X, the moonshot factory by iopq on Monday July 24, 2023 @12:06PM (#36850174)
I commented on Reddit's latest moves, downloaded their app just to use it for a while and give it a bad review. Deleted the app and haven't gone there in a while

Just because you comment on something doesn't mean you'll use it

Re:X, the moonshot factory by kspacewalk2 on Monday July 24, 2023 @12:10PM (#36850235)
God that thing is fucking terrible.

You can't change font size? But what if I don't like to read walls of tiny text?

And what the hell is with the video playback UI? I want to see comments under a video post, why do you take me to full-screen video playback no matter what I do? About 50% of the time I manage to tap something somewhere which makes it work on 3rd try, but I wish that percentage was higher.

Re:X, the moonshot factory by nehal3m on Monday July 24, 2023 @12:12PM (#36850280)
"We should improve society somewhat."

"Yet you participate in society. Curious! I am very intelligent."

Re:X, the moonshot factory by larvaetron on Monday July 24, 2023 @12:07PM (#36850188)
Heaven forbid someone should type out a comment to voice their disinterest about something.
Re:X, the moonshot factory by dpifke on Monday July 24, 2023 @12:17PM (#36850362)
Low-effort comments are against the HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

It's possible to voice disinterest in a thoughtful and substantive way. The GP comment (and arguably your reply) does not.

Re:X, the moonshot factory by Rexogamer on Monday July 24, 2023 @12:21PM (#36850423)
Their comments seem fine to me? They pretty clearly explained the reason for their dislike of the name - if anything, their ability to do so concisely should be praised
Re:X, the moonshot factory by dpifke on Monday July 24, 2023 @12:28PM (#36850549)
I guess I find the name collision with Google X—quoting the guidelines again—to be "too common to be interesting." But one man's pithy is another's snarky, so to each their own.
Re:X, the moonshot factory by postmortembees on Monday July 24, 2023 @12:08PM (#36850208)
Having a critique of a thing is orthogonal to being interested in the thing.

There are plenty of topics I find fun to engage in dialog about, despite having no interest in the topic itself.

We, as humans, seem to generally enjoy being a part of the zeitgeist, being swept away with whatever the latest fascination is, even if we aren't interested in the actual topic. And that's ok. We are allowed to enjoy that social experience on both the micro ("all my friends are getting really into houseplants, I will too!") and the macro ("lol, Elon Musk is an unbelievable idiot") scale.

Re:X, the moonshot factory by roland35 on Monday July 24, 2023 @12:08PM (#36850215)
Let's see if anyone is still commenting in a few years!
Re:X, the moonshot factory by intelVISA on Monday July 24, 2023 @12:12PM (#36850287)
Mission successful...
Re:X, the moonshot factory by micromacrofoot on Monday July 24, 2023 @12:10PM (#36850254)
This is not the same as "lol logo is bad" and "all news is good news" there's a legitimate case for confusion across these companies