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> you seem to go out of your way to find any and every thread that mentions Groovy in any way, and then launch into your rant The most significant thing you've
by vorg 11y ago
> you seem to go out of your way to find any and every thread that mentions Groovy in any way, and then launch into your rant
The most significant thing you've really said here is that I generally post comments under my own name, as I suspect you also do, given how active your "mindcrime" user is and the implicit assumption in your above comment that you're seeing the entire picture by looking at who's posting comments. Have you considered that other "entrepreneurs" involved with Groovy keep hundreds of HN logins each to obfuscate their mischief here and engage in illicit surveillance of people whose comments they don't like? This I don't say in my comments, instead I keep what I say seemly and do it in my own name. It's because I use my own name that I "seem to go out of my way to find any and every thread ..."
- mindcrime 11y agoHave you considered that other "entrepreneurs" involved with Groovy keep hundreds of HN logins each to obfuscate their mischief here and engage in illicit surveillance of people whose comments they don't like? Honestly? No, the thought never crossed my mind. And now that you mention it, it doesn't sound terribly likely to me. Not "hundreds* of such people anyway. Maybe two or three. Why do I say that? Simply because Groovy just doesn't come up that often to begin with. And a decent percentage of the time, when it does, I'm the one bringing it up, and know where I stand. And while "mindcrime" clearly isn't my birth name, my HN account is clearly linked to my real world identity, so no one can really claim that I'm trying to hide anything here. One other person here to mentions Groovy / Grails occasionally is @mgkimsal, and I also know him in the Real World, and have no suspicion that he's up to anything nefarious. That said, people never cease to surprise me and clearly some people post on HN largely for commercial gain. I don't think anyone questions that. I just don't see what you seem to see, in terms of large numbers of users here trying to manipulate the discourse around Groovy in particular.
- vorg 11y ago> other "entrepreneurs" involved with Groovy keep hundreds of HN logins each > post comments under my own name, as I suspect you also do I would agree probably 2 or 3 people -- I never said "hundreds" of people, and I specifically said you post comments under your own name, not the opposite.