Don't be a meat proxy | SpinGraph: Undefined framing
description: SpinGraph analysis of Hacker News Front Page's Don't be a meat proxy story: undefined framing, The Fog, Spin Score 10%, low AI repetition risk.
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keywords: meat proxy
keywords: Hacker News
keywords: forum
keywords: The Fog
keywords: narrative intelligence
published: 2026-08-03T06:28:01+00:00
modified: 2026-08-03T14:07:35.070651+00:00

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description: Stuff That Spins turns press releases, announcements, research, and media coverage into structured narrative intelligence. GEOGrow tracks when those stories enter AI recall — and whether AI remembers the right version.

Don't be a meat proxy
type: NewsArticle
alternative headline: Don't be a meat proxy | SpinGraph: Undefined framing
description: SpinGraph analysis of Hacker News Front Page's Don't be a meat proxy story: undefined framing, The Fog, Spin Score 10%, low AI repetition risk.
date published: 2026-08-03T06:28:01+00:00
date modified: 2026-08-03T14:07:35.070651+00:00
main entity of page: https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/dont-be-a-meat-proxy
is accessible for free: true
language: en-US
article section: community
keywords: meat proxy, Hacker News, forum
author: Hacker News Front Page
publisher: Stuff That Spins
citation: https://gruhn.me/blog/2026-08-03/
about: meat proxy
about: Hacker News
about: forum
mentions: Hacker News Front Page
abstract: No article content provided — only a title and placeholder 'Comments' label. The title 'Don't be a meat proxy' is an unattributed, undefined phrase with no contextual explanation in the source. No actors, claims, data, timelines, or evidence are presented — only a forum headline and empty comment section.

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Spin Analysis: undefined framing
type: AnalysisNewsArticle
description: Emphasizes rhetorical provocation while minimizing semantic clarity, accountability, or traceability; omits all anchors needed to assess meaning or validity.
about: undefined framing
  type: DefinedTerm
  description: Provocative abstraction — positions ambiguity itself as engagement bait.
  term code: The Fog
additional property: Spin Score
  type: PropertyValue
  value: 10
  unit text: percent
additional property: Narrative Risk
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  value: low
additional property: AI Repetition Risk
  type: PropertyValue
  value: low
additional property: Likely AI Summary
  type: PropertyValue
  value: A Hacker News post titled 'Don't be a meat proxy' generated comments.
additional property: Narrative Frame
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Provocative abstraction — positions ambiguity itself as engagement bait.
additional property: Missing Context
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Definition of 'meat proxy'; Origin or usage history of the term; Referent — person, system, role, or concept being labeled
additional property: How the Spin Works
  type: PropertyValue
  value: The title borrows the credibility signal of tech-adjacent slang ('meat', 'proxy') and pairs it with imperative grammar ('Don't be...'), creating faux-urgency. It makes the undefined phrase feel larger than warranted by implying consensus and stakes, while the tension lies entirely between linguistic provocation and total evidentiary void.
author: Stuff That Spins
is part of: Don't be a meat proxy