[barfoure]

Yup. And if you dared to bring this up in the comments (ie. your own rewrite of a title/post), you’d get reminded of the guidelines and downvoted/flagged. Because fuck honesty - we are here for clicks and engagements.

This is a good step. Next: disclose financial incentives and other motives just to nip it in the bud.

[freedomben]

well, I think OP is quite funny and I really enjoyed it, but it definitely goes against the entire idea of approaching things in good faith. I'm sure some or even many of them are sadly accurate, but if reinterpreting things people say through that lens became the behavioral norm on HN I think it would quickly destroy everything many people love about this place. Just my 2 cents of course.

[barfoure]

Only fools approach hyenas in good faith. You have to be naive to allow yourself to get swindled by internet marketing junkies.

I’m all for prefacing each post that comes from a16z with “Asshole Alert” so that we know who we are dealing with upfront.