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Re:65% of Hacker News Posts Have Negative Sentiment, and The... by JKCalhoun on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @11:03AM (#46514062)
I generally agree. Offline (ask my family) I'm Pollyanna.

It's hard to let bad ideas go unchallenged though. Places like Reddit? Sure, brigades, bots—it's tilting at windmills to try to add balance there. But HN is a community I still care for. I still respect the comments (and commenters) here.

(No, commentator is not a word—despite what Apple's dictionary is telling me.)

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Re:65% of Hacker News Posts Have Negative Sentiment, and The... by Y_Y on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @11:29AM (#46514458)
What do you call the people who provide commentary on e.g. live sports? Oddly we don't use that word for people who leave internet comments, but it seems like it would fit pretty well.

(See also: commentariat)

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