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>I understand that you can't be responsible for people being randomly stupid, but if the stupidity is systematic and predictable, then indeed it becomes your responsibilty if you know about it and play into it for profit.

Though I tend to agree, it's a bit of a stretch to conclude that an article, due to its brevity, was intentionally written that way for the sake of profit.



I wouldn't be surprised if it was written this way only because it's just how everyone writes such things these days (i.e. "it's cancer!!!1111") - but not having malicious intent doesn't change the fact it's harmful.


The value in awareness alone outweighs any supposed harm.

If the article didn't exist, the discussion about it on HN wouldn't either. Thus, some people would arguably be less informed as a result.

The first step to becoming informed on a topic is knowing it exists in the first place.




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