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>>diablo+(OP)
I've noticed that moving the goalposts is extremely prevalent on HN, which makes for pretty frustrating conversations (or just reading). And then sometimes it's a tag team. E.g.:

Person A writes their comment. Person B1 offers a rebuttal. Personal A offers their response. Person B2 offers a second rebuttal that abandons the premise behind B1's rebuttal, and may actually be at odds with it. Person A ends up either deflated or looking defeated.

It's like the cross product of a Gish gallop and a DDoS.

>>cxr+Nv
I think of it more as graffiti. Somebody has a new thought, they write it on a wall somewhere (append it to a thread). Not always in 'response' to anything. Is there a better way to expand on a topic? It has to go somewhere, and all there are, is threads.