[ctrlmeta]

Yes, it is wrong. Take the top one:

> We rewrote it in Rust so you have to upvote it

I'm pretty sure they didn't go through all the trouble of rewriting it in Rust to get some internet forum points!

[chuckadams]

To quote Foghorn Leghorn: It's a joke, son, you're supposed to laugh.

[ctrlmeta]

The joke was fun the first time. When the joke posts (low effort AI slop no less!) are spammed to HN every week, it stops being fun.

[ok123456]

Usually, people highlight functional/architectural changes over superficial things like language choice.

[ctrlmeta]

That's true. But it is also true that almost nobody rewrites a whole complex software in Rust to get internet forum points from HN people.

Your question was "Is it wrong, though?" The answer is "Yes"