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Re:65% of Hacker News Posts Have Negative Sentiment, and The... by bena on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @11:11AM (#46514180)
I feel like this goes back to the "trick" of getting your questions about Linux answered. Basically, if you just asked your question "How do I do X on Linux?", you'd get no response. But if you said "Windows is so much better than Linux because I can't even do X on Linux", you'd get 5 different ways to accomplish your task before the end of the day.

Nothing gets people engaged more than making them angry.

Re:65% of Hacker News Posts Have Negative Sentiment, and The... by Y_Y on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @11:31AM (#46514486)
I feel ironically obliged to mention Cunningham's Law

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law