If it becomes acceptable to use HN for gamified man pages instead of expecting people to do their homework, well, there are more than enough man pages in and out of print to fill HN for years. We don't have downvotes on stories, so the only flow control is flagging and complaining about stuff that isn't timely and isn't useful for most of the audience.
That is ridiculous strawman argument. How would such stories end up in a prominent position on HN unless enough people from the community likes it.
In any case that was not what my comment was about. I was, and still am, more than surprised by the poster's puerile lament that someone is getting a few odd karma that the poster thought was undeserved. I assumed that this place is somewhat removed from such "Mama ! he took my toy" behavior.
