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Re:Mode collapse has a name, and he's selling cancer treatme... by tom_ on Saturday May 16, 2026 @10:32PM (#48165589)
I don't, as my point applies regardless of the article's contents: that any downvotes of the submitter's comments are perhaps due to people not liking LLM-generated content, such as this article appears to be. (Being a person made of meat, rather than an LLM, I had to get my own opinion of LLM prose squeezed in there too - but it's a side issue, and you can ignore it if you like.)

Regarding the style, no concrete feedback I'm afraid, other than the repetition of "upstream" sounding like the LLM tic of the day. Other than that, I just got that LLM vibe from the writing, and, as above, perhaps I wasn't the only one. Some discussion here of some LLM tropes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47291513 - which may apply.

Re:Mode collapse has a name, and he's selling cancer treatme... by danielrmay on Saturday May 16, 2026 @11:24PM (#48165794)
Thank you for the detailed response!