[jimsmart]

> you've been a developer for some decades which is why your reality is threatened that your craft is increasingly becoming irrelevant so you had to snoop my profile to find some confirmation that your reality doesn't get shattered

Hahaha - no, that's really not accurate at all. On lots of levels. The ability to read another user's comments is there so that anyone who chooses can actually get a better understanding of who they're talking with, and what that person is about. One doesn't have to feel threatened at all to want to use it, one simply has to be intellectually curious, and interested to find out more...

There's no need to try and portray it as a negative, and make out there's something afoot which isn't actually taking place.

Anyone who's been here on HN for any significant amount of time knows exactly what that feature is for — as well as when it might be best to use it. And people absolutely will use it.

It helps separate the wheat from the chaff.

— Please do try and take care that your wide-of-the-mark unnecessary put-downs and name calling don't violate the HN guidelines! (Just for your own good!)