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Whether on Twitter or Mastodon, people deep into that type of social network love TO SHOUT LIKE THIS to get likes or boosts.

It is why passersby like me can't get into either Twitter or Mastodon when it is a culture of getting outraged and shouting at each other, to collect a choir of people nodding and agreeing in the replies: "well done for saying it like it is."

These people forgot how humans talk and have arguments outside of their Internet echo chambers.

Anger, insults and hate sells more (creates more engagement) than reasoned arguments. No one would have posted this on HN if is was otherwise. So don't worry, they are not hurting their chances, the next topic that can be summarised with an angry title like "xxx is the most obtuse crock of shit" will get great traction on HN.