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16comments
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Top 42%of 2025 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
3 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.28.
Idea: 3 for, 0 against
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Whimsical and funny; people keep clicking
From 2 comments
This is one of the most whimsical things I have seen, it honestly took me a good second to realize what was happening. Reminds me of this other project, social media except…
suobset on HNToo real, can’t stop clicking
wey-gu on HN
Comments section is the best part
From 1 comment
The comments were my favourite part
Hasnep on HN
Objections
Links in the page do not work
From 3 comments
These links don’t actually exist.
ricardobeat on HNJust fyi I see the href for all links to users, post times, "hide", and comments as: ``` javascript:throw new Error('React has blocked a javascript: URL as a security…
abrefeld on HNIt's just using a JavaScript alert to say that there is no content behind the links; you're not missing anything there.
electroly on HN
Requests
Add to the related collection of X Does Not Exist sites
From 1 comment
Hope to be added in.
wonderfuly on HN
Alternatives named
Similar older project mocking git man pages
From 1 comment
Older, similar project making fun of gits impenetrable documentation: https://git-man-page-generator.lokaltog.net/ and it's been submitted here a lot but mostly marked dead apart…
ZeroGravitas on HN
Other X Does Not Exist sites such as thisxdoesnotexist.com
From 1 comment
The related collection: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32969263 This X Does Not Exist (thisxdoesnotexist.com) 99 points by spking on Sept 25, 2022 | 33 comments
fsflover on HN
SocialAI social media of AI bots
From 1 comment
This is one of the most whimsical things I have seen, it honestly took me a good second to realize what was happening. Reminds me of this other project, social media except…
suobset on HN