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by bigiain 2 hours ago
:sigh:

There's very little point having a discussion about something where other people can't even be bothered to properly read the link that was submitted - and even more frustrating when that link was literally a README file.

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_A lot of times_ people comment based on the title alone. I think it’s more common than one would imagine.
Yeah. And that's sad.

Recently, for the first time in over 15 years here, I've wished often for a "block user" function, so I can gradually weed those zero-effort zero-contributing users out. (If I didn't read HN across 4 or 5 different devices, I'd probably write a browser extension to allow me to do that...)

How would you handle replies?

What happens if they’re the top or middle of a pivotal subthread?