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That is your interpretation of my comment. Notice how you are twisting it with the "Sorry, guys". I support YC's effort. After all, I spent many hours of my li

That is your interpretation of my comment. Notice how you are twisting it with the "Sorry, guys". I support YC's effort. After all, I spent many hours of my life on solving this very problem through my non-profit startup. Fake news has been a big problem for a long time for many countries. It would have been great if YC took an action before it became USA's problem. Think about the impact they could have made! I guess hindsight is 20/20.

grzm 10y ago
Indeed, that's how I interpret it. I generally try hard to avoid snark myself in responses, as it rarely is effective at engendering sympathy or support or understanding. I'm getting exhausted at all of the accusations of "why weren't you concerned then?" that are being thrown around HN the past couple of days. They're absolutely not constructive. I apologize for letting it slip this time. Funny how you guys are now thinking this is a big issue NOW. It's hard to interpret this charitably. On the face of it, it's a sideways, snarky accusation of hypocrisy. I have a hard time reading it any other way. People are human. People grow and change. People pay more attention when things affect them directly, or at least are closer to home. Is that really wrong? Or just realistic? It's wonderful but mistakenly idealistic to think that everyone can be concerned about everything that's wrong all the time. People have limited resources. Of course people should be held accountable for their actions, but we also have to allow for the possibility of change, of becoming better. Sometimes it takes a significant kick to get people moving. Are we going to begrudge them the fact that they're moving now? And as a sibling comment pointed out, I'm sure there's a lot that goes into the evaluation YC candidates.

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That is your interpretation of my comment. Notice how you are twisting it with the "Sorry, guys". I support YC's effort. After all, I spent many hours of my li

by anonimus17 10y ago

grzm 10y ago
Indeed, that's how I interpret it. I generally try hard to avoid snark myself in responses, as it rarely is effective at engendering sympathy or support or understanding. I'm getting exhausted at all of the accusations of "why weren't you concerned then?" that are being thrown around HN the past couple of days. They're absolutely not constructive. I apologize for letting it slip this time. Funny how you guys are now thinking this is a big issue NOW. It's hard to interpret this charitably. On the face of it, it's a sideways, snarky accusation of hypocrisy. I have a hard time reading it any other way. People are human. People grow and change. People pay more attention when things affect them directly, or at least are closer to home. Is that really wrong? Or just realistic? It's wonderful but mistakenly idealistic to think that everyone can be concerned about everything that's wrong all the time. People have limited resources. Of course people should be held accountable for their actions, but we also have to allow for the possibility of change, of becoming better. Sometimes it takes a significant kick to get people moving. Are we going to begrudge them the fact that they're moving now? And as a sibling comment pointed out, I'm sure there's a lot that goes into the evaluation YC candidates.