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Man, you had a perfectly nice comment and no one would have downvoted you (and probably no one did), but I did just because of this: > You'll find me at the bo
by NetStrikeForce 10y ago
Man, you had a perfectly nice comment and no one would have downvoted you (and probably no one did), but I did just because of this:
> You'll find me at the bottom of this page due to an omission of obligatory IC bashing and Snowden fanboyism.
There was no need, really.
- zeveb 10y agoActually, I think that there was a need. The IC in the Anglosphere does good, commendable work. I for one am glad to see that there's at least one other person on HN who appears to share my views on the IC & Snowden.
- mmaunder 10y agoAre you objecting to my opinion or that I expressed one?
- sillysaurus3 10y agoFrom the site guidelines: Please don't bait other users by inviting them to downvote you or announce that you expect to get downvoted. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- NetStrikeForce 10y agoI don't think there's IC bashing for the sake of it. At least no more than Apple bashing, Microsoft bashing, Facebook bashing, ... You get it :) There's bashing against malpractice, illegal data gathering and in general against any abuse of other people's freedom. But my comment was about the guidelines. There's no need to call that out and helps no one. You could have accomplished a better outcome just by highlighting positive stuff about the IC, like this very same set of tools. And please don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to patronize anyone here, I'm just a mere HN reader.