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Your text is nearly white within 19 minutes of being posted. It's obvious HackerNews is not safe--from certain people.
by sachel1sta 10y ago
Your text is nearly white within 19 minutes of being posted.
It's obvious HackerNews is not safe--from certain people.
- dang 10y agoIt's plainly off-topic, and the worst kind of off-topic tangent: the kind that makes a thread even more generically political.
- jsprogrammer 10y agoCEO of Google emails being used in a court of law to secure a negative outcome for Google, is off-topic in a sub thread about the CEO of Google being able to edit Google emails and other data? Did Eric challenge the authenticity of the emails? I've never heard him do so. I now understand why you couldn't specify in what way my comment was "off-topic".
- jsprogrammer 10y agoAnd was supplanted with a fake news story about a fictional character?
- kps 10y agoMore likely it's because the comment has nothing to do with editing users' content — unless it's meant to suggest that someone else faked Eric Schmidt's email (from the time 5+ years ago when he was CEO of Google) to incriminate him.
- enraged_camel 10y agoThe broader topic is about some golang moderators not wanting to associate with a company because of that company's actions. The downvoted comment simply extends the reasoning to other areas. It's pretty relevant imo.
- jsprogrammer 10y agoThe comment has everything to do with editing content. Schmidt was effectively convicted on the content of his emails. I don't think Schmidt was able to edit an email used in that case. It is a positive example of what the poster I responded to was claiming. Additionally, this CEO (now of Alphabet) has continued to engage in seemingly illegal behavior over Google email. I'm not aware of Eric disputing any of these allegations, even though I have confronted him on them multiple times.
- qb45 10y agoThen you should have made it clear what you meant because your post looks like a completely offtopic rant.
- jsprogrammer 10y agoPerhaps you thought that. Others saw something different.
- zardeh 10y agoWhat illegal behavior is that?
- kps 10y ago> Additionally, this CEO (now of Alphabet) You seem to be mixing up Eric Schmidt and Larry Page. People have seen them in the same room together.
- jsprogrammer 10y agoWhat am I mixing? Schmidt was CEO at Google during the relevant time. He is now XC at Alphabet.