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Chris2048 · 2022-09-05 21:14:59

> plus he always leaves comments when he does so

How do you know this?

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SeanDav | karma 5562 | avg karma 4.57 · | 2013-02-06 15:48:51+00:00

My guess is that he knows, and posts anyway. I have come across this a few times.

JumpCrisscross | karma 145242 | avg karma 4.56 · | 2023-04-11 13:48:19

> a link to your comment in his Discord

TIL I have a Discord.

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arthurcolle | karma 4570 | avg karma 1.62 · | 2020-11-09 21:10:24

I think he gets notifications when his name is in comments/posts.

  <test>

    Hi @dang, can you see this?

  </test>

aaaaaaaaata | karma 937 | avg karma 0.58 · | 2022-08-16 06:17:41

> he appears to be so often in a really bad mood when posting

With admiration: https://xkcd.com/386/

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cnbuff410 | karma 830 | avg karma 7.69 · | 2014-05-29 01:16:57+00:00

Just click on his profile and view his comment history. You won't find the examples lacking

MuffinFlavored | karma 4217 | avg karma 1.27 · | 2024-02-05 17:22:59

I'm not 100% sure if behind the scenes he has some sort of @dang webhook alert/filter or if he skims comments regularly

kschrader | karma 695 | avg karma 4.6 · | 2008-03-14 23:37:44+00:00

I looked through his comment history, and it's true! :)

ur-whale | karma 5038 | avg karma 1.32 · | 2023-02-07 08:15:30

> Very weird.

Not weird.

He found a way to make himself sound important on the internets and therefore clings to it.

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luc4sdreyer | karma 484 | avg karma 3.38 · | 2021-03-24 17:39:49+00:00

> He's been remarkably open every time he's changed user content

I have no stake in this story, but how could you, or anyone, possibly know that?

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tptacek | karma 394296 | avg karma 6.04 · | 2013-04-30 12:50:33+00:00

You should follow all his comments. He's like this all the time. It's a little freaky.

eevilspock | karma 3839 | avg karma 2.21 · | 2015-02-07 14:24:08

You can see for yourself. click on his profile and look at his comment history.

hollerith | karma 6663 | avg karma 1.52 · | 2024-02-28 01:32:18

He's shared the fact on this site more than once.

If he is in any way annoyed or harmed by my sharing it, I hope he will let me know.

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GFK_of_xmaspast | karma 3102 | avg karma 0.89 · | 2016-09-16 15:46:17+00:00

> some of it was years ago

Check his post history, he's still doing it. (I don't remember his current username otherwise I'd post links)

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calvin_ | karma 85 | avg karma 1.89 · | 2015-01-05 03:30:13

Welcome to yuhong, he's famous for this on basically every comments page I've seen him on

mindcrime | karma 37388 | avg karma 2.98 · | 2013-11-02 04:54:31

Does RTM frequent these boards?

Assuming this is the real rtm, then he has an account, but he doesn't comment very often.

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=rtm

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buff-a | karma 1122 | avg karma 3.29 · | 2011-11-09 04:14:37+00:00

This person believes that you should follow his rules.

This person believes that even if you clearly don't follow his rules, he will evaluate your content based on how much your behavior would indicate that you value you them if you did follow his rules. o_O

This person values presentation over content.

There are plenty of people on earth like this. Its good to know they exist. But lets not spend any more time discussing them.

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blasdel | karma 17577 | avg karma 5.14 · | 2009-12-11 19:17:15

For several years he made this post every working day:

  <p>inane comment showing <b>strong naivete</b></p>
  <blockquote>copypasta</blockquote>
  <img src=macro.jpeg>
  <blockquote>copypasta</blockquote>
  <p>Confident summary with <b>conclusive statement</b>
     displaying no comprehension of the quoted text
  </p>
  <p>Buy a Visual Studio Plugin from my sponsor!</p>

mixedCase | karma 4317 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2019-07-20 00:38:06

Looking at his/her post history, he/she does but rarely discloses it.

noodle | karma 6768 | avg karma 2.55 · | 2010-07-21 15:08:33+00:00

i'd point out that this is pretty common for his posts.