a 380 word post titled "app sizes are out of control" is 987kB, 2600B/word; loads 119 things across 17 connections http://www.webpagetest.org/result/170802_ZV_FPX/ …pic.twitter.com/JkyIX7ajDC
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...and people are just responding the title as if it reflects the content of the paper. It's less obv. when the title isn't bogus but...
...I suspect the same thing happens on other posts and the vast majority of people who vote/comment simply haven't read the article at all.
I can relate to it
Often I take the gist of the article from the title and find myself more interested in what HN has to say..
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