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Re:Why outcome-billing makes sense for AI Agents on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @02:58PM (#46304695)
It might be a Windows vs. MacOS/Linux thing, but regardless - it's becoming a similar kind of pattern that I'm subconsciously learning to ignore/filter out, similar to banner blindness and ads/editorials.
Re:Why outcome-billing makes sense for AI Agents on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @02:54PM (#46304659)
Not the writing style, but the fact that the em-dashes and strange ticks make it indistinguishable from something AI-generated. At least take the time to replace them with something you can produce easily on a physical keyboard.

Edit:

Well, actually - this kind of writing style does feel quite AI-ish:

> It really makes sense, and the best part — customers love it

Re:Why outcome-billing makes sense for AI Agents on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @02:52PM (#46304625)
I get sad when I read comments like these, because I feel like HN is the only forum left where real discussion between real people providing real thoughts are happening. I think that is changing unfortunately. The em-dashes and the strange ticks immediate triggers my anti-bodies and devalues it, whether that is appropriate or not.