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I noticed the exact same thing. I read the original, went back to read it again and it’s completely changed.
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I think a stickied comment about this would be due. No idea if it's possible to call in @dang via at-name?
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Looks like they changed the post link to a Bloomberg article instead but kept the comments thread. So I guess he’s already aware.
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> No idea if it's possible to call in @dang via at-name?

No. Email hn@ycombinator.com

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

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The in-house or the marketing team swooped in last minute it appears
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It’s extraordinary how much standards have slipped. Completely rewriting a major press release that’s already been sent out, while pretending it’s ostensibly the same document would have been a major corporate scandal just 15 years ago.
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If anyone has the original release still up and can post it somewhere that would be grand.
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It is rewritten on every refresh depending on the readers mood, personality, etc.. so they're most receptive to it.

Obviously not, but we might not be far off from that being a reality.

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I don’t know. I couldn’t get past the first paragraph because it seemed like complete slop.
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They forgot the "hey ChatGPT, rewrite this to have better impact on the company stock" before submitting it
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