A comment complaining this was obviously written by an AI, and the standard temp...

foltik · 2026-04-10T21:37:04 1775857024

Wistful nostalgia about the golden age of HN from an account created 11 months ago.

Bonus mention of a pg essay which the commenter clearly only read the title of.

fenomas · 2026-04-11T02:31:45 1775874705

Curmudgeonly comment from someone trying to sound like a wise elder about how actually all this was the norm even in the days of Usenet.

jantissler · 2026-04-10T20:53:40 1775854420

An unrelated comment added as a reply to the current top comment to get more views

Mordisquitos · 2026-04-10T18:17:30 1775845050

A response appreciating the comment above for saving ones time.

tsumnia · 2026-04-10T19:11:54 1775848314

A bad faith response that attempts to derail the conversation from the original article.

hperrin · 2026-04-10T19:36:29 1775849789

A snarky and insulting joke where the above commenter is the butt of the joke, calling attention to the bad faith response.

euroderf · 2026-04-10T21:25:57 1775856357

A modest plea for civility.

cyanydeez · 2026-04-10T22:27:31 1775860051

Off topic summary of the discourse regarding a pet peeve that litterally no one has.

irishcoffee · 2026-04-10T22:37:26 1775860646

A reminded that the riff raff can go to the “other site” when these threads occur.

dmittman · 2026-04-11T06:55:58 1775890558

A haiku comment,

Describing its own structure,

Hoping for upvotes.

mkarliner · 2026-04-11T08:28:39 1775896119

A celebration that wit and good humour still exists on HN.

acidtechno303 · 2026-04-11T09:00:20 1775898020

a passive-aggressive attack from a self-righteous hilltop

freehorse · 2026-04-11T10:11:49 1775902309

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dijksterhuis · 2026-04-11T12:12:13 1775909533

a comment that only make sense to people with showdead turned on

mckirk · 2026-04-10T19:46:40 1775850400

Nitpicky reply questioning the adherence of OP's comment to HN guidelines.

bavell · 2026-04-11T13:23:04 1775913784

Self-aware meta commentary on HNers breaking HN guidelines to cite HN guidelines.

seamossfet · 2026-04-10T18:51:10 1775847070

This is why I built [AI slop tool]. [Self promotion link to my vibe coded startup with no users]

rwoerz · 2026-04-11T03:36:56 1775878616

A reference [1] in an attempt to go one level of self-reference further.

pauke · 2026-04-11T07:32:27 1775892747

An xkcd link summarising large number of all points discussed