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0 pointsjwilk8y ago0 comments

I could figure out that "you" doesn't refer to me personally, and so can the rest of HN. There's nothing "linkbait" about it.

You can express your opinion about the original title in a comment. There's no need it impose this (twisted, IMO) view on everyone.

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dang8y ago

As the people who read the most headlines here, probably by an order of magnitude, I'm afraid we have to pull rank on that. Gratuitous "you" in titles is one of the biggest linkbait tropes. Presumably we're all wired to direct our attention to someone saying "hey you!"; headline writers figured this out and have been milking it ever since.

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0 pointsjwilk8y ago0 comments

I could figure out that "you" doesn't refer to me personally, and so can the rest of HN. There's nothing "linkbait" about it.

You can express your opinion about the original title in a comment. There's no need it impose this (twisted, IMO) view on everyone.

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dang8y ago

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