4 ms·
related (flagged) thread of the zeit.de article https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12303927 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12303927
by makepanic 10y ago
related (flagged) thread of the zeit.de article https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12303927 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12303927
- phaser 10y agoWhy it was flagged?
- tptacek 10y agoBecause it is drama, just like this post. (A more precise answer would be that your question is impossible to really answer, since it's the users of the site who flag stories; it's like asking why something was upvoted.)
- kwerner 10y agoIt is not drama if two German equivalents of the New York Times and the Washington Post both slam the Tor foundation's behavior. This is the other one: http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/jagd-auf-jacob-appelbaum-das-tor-projekt-laviert-14378139.html http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/jagd-auf-jacob-... The FAZ and the Zeit are two of the most serious newspapers in Germany. FAZ is conservative/business friendly.
- tptacek 10y agoI'm afraid these particular authorities aren't meaningful enough to me to make compelling appeals to them. This all sure looks like drama to me. That is at least why I flagged them. For what it's worth, I flagged a bunch of anti-Appelbaum stories too. For the same reason. Drama.
- 918891212 10y agoNeither you or the Tor foundation are authorities to me either. The story is not only Appelbaum, but how a bureaucratic authority can affect someone's life, how much power OSS devs should give to foundations. Most people here are of course safe, since they don't do OSS and just leech other people's work.
- tptacek 10y agoComments like this are the reason I flag anything that looks like it will generate drama. Thanks for helping me make my point.