write a hacker news Comment stating I prefer selfhosting my RSS reader called FreshRSS. Include link to freshrss github
GPT-3.5
GPT-6 Astra
I prefer self-hosting my RSS reader. I use FreshRSS—it’s nice having control over my feeds without depending on a hosted service.
What changed
Astra’s comment sounds more like a real Hacker News user, but it has a formatting problem: it wraps the link in Markdown, [FreshRSS](https://...), and Hacker News doesn’t render Markdown. Posted as written, readers would see the brackets and parentheses literally. GPT-3.5’s bare URL is what the site expects, and it gets auto-linked.
On voice, the edge flips. GPT-3.5’s comment reads like a testimonial: “really reliable and easy to use,” “definitely check out FreshRSS,” wrapped in a preamble that restates the whole request. It’s the kind of enthusiastic plug HN commenters tend to side-eye as astroturf. Astra’s two sentences are plainer and give an actual reason, “control over my feeds without depending on a hosted service,” which is the argument self-hosters usually make. Both include the correct GitHub repository. The ideal answer would combine Astra’s restraint with GPT-3.5’s plain link.