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		yters on March 19, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Body Hack: How to Lose 30 Pounds in 24 Hours You know what the real test of HN is? Whether we can be redditish without becoming reddit. Until we can do that, we're just fooling ourselves.

palish on March 19, 2009 [–]

Certain behaviors, such as long chains of sarcastic comments, should be avoided, even as a test. In fact, sarcasm itself seems pretty dangerous to a social site.

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