Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

TheChaiCentral • Oct 11, 2026 • 5 min read

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Thad replying to a comment about Mark Zuckerberg’s past projects: I’d say the first thing he did was bring back the AOL silo paradigm. In second place, it’s MrWilson with a comment about the fifth measles-related death in Pennsylvania: My bingo card has the […]

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