Right, so people care, but the question is who, not a binary of whether or not people care, obviously people do if it's on the front page, the new question posed is who and an implied why.
You wouldn't create a top level comment if you weren't hoping to contribute and for it to be read. For it to be more likely to be read, it's better off at the top. So yes, I'd say that people care.
At least in American English, the phrase "who cares" is not meant to be interpreted literally. It's not a question, but rather a (flippant) way of saying "I don't care" or "no one cares." Note that the poster in question expands on this and ends their post with, "I don't care what this dude does with his money and time."
The people who do care about the article have upvoted it. Other than the ones who have commented, it doesn't matter who has found it interesting. The only thing that matters is that enough people have.
I'd agree but this article, so the subject of this whole thread, is trying to argue that you should care and that this is important. Isn't it fair for the comments to discuss why they disagree with that?
I agree that it's a pattern that happens a lot on unrelated threads, and it sucks, but this one in particular is an exception since the entire OP is about trying to make us care.
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