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It's a Reddit-esque comment that adds no value. (and at best, it's off topic where the topic is about an improved Hacker News)

There are instances where humorous comments can add value (e.g. irony/satire), but it's not common and hard to do properly.



Maybe we need a machine learning comment value predictor


Then nobody would need to visit the site at all, it'd be completely self-ranking and automated - imagine the productivity improvements in the valley? (Disrupting the web forum industry!)


> Someone somewhere takes this seriously, actually starts next unicorn


And I go home and cry into my beer. Again.

(Stupid ideas? I'm full of em! Execution on stupid ideas until they get enough VC capital to become obviously good ideas? I'm pretty lame at that... Anyone wanna be my "Executing Co-founder"?)




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