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If posting the document is fine - which you didn't read - then posting a link to his corporate bio is fine. It is in the effing document. It is already public r

by jweir 9y ago

If posting the document is fine - which you didn't read - then posting a link to his corporate bio is fine. It is in the effing document. It is already public record.

sillysaurus3 9y ago
I'm well aware. There's a major distinction between someone's info being in a document vs linking to his info with "This guy is a sellout:" This post is currently #1 on HN. The comment is the top comment. That means all of HN's traffic that reads comments is going to that person's contact info. If you don't agree, just downvote and move on. Personal swipes are unnecessary.
- enraged_camel 9y ago
  I have to admit, this is some top-level concern trolling. Judging by his public record, the guy is a sellout, and it is 100% OK to call him out as such. If he didn't want his contact info to be public, he should not have put it online. Since he did, it is, again, 100% OK for people to link to it. That's the entire friggin purpose of a contact page!
  - sillysaurus3 9y ago
    I like how I was immediately called a concern troll after saying personal swipes are unnecessary.
    - ada1981 9y ago
      It's unclear to me how or why posting a lobbyists publicly available information along with a personal opinion should be self-censored. If you don't like what he is up to, it makes perfect sense to contact him and let him know. He should be all for people communicating their opinions about his actions to him, he is after all a lobbyist.
    - gvx 9y ago
      The parent didn't call you a concern troll, though. They said "this is some top-level concern trolling". Criticizing behaviour is not the same thing as name calling or personal swipes.
      - sillysaurus3 9y ago
        "Concern troll: a person who disingenuously expresses concern about an issue with the intention of undermining or derailing genuine discussion." Yep, that's name calling. It's also poisonous to the discussion. It's not "criticizing behavior" when I wasn't doing it. More importantly, it makes for boring reading. You can see how unproductive the conversation became. But whatever. Just have thick skin, right? We can't simply expect people to be civil.

by jweir 9y ago

If posting the document is fine - which you didn't read - then posting a link to his corporate bio is fine. It is in the effing document. It is already public record.

sillysaurus3 9y ago

I'm well aware. There's a major distinction between someone's info being in a document vs linking to his info with "This guy is a sellout:" This post is currently #1 on HN. The comment is the top comment. That means all of HN's traffic that reads comments is going to that person's contact info. If you don't agree, just downvote and move on. Personal swipes are unnecessary.

enraged_camel 9y ago
I have to admit, this is some top-level concern trolling. Judging by his public record, the guy is a sellout, and it is 100% OK to call him out as such. If he didn't want his contact info to be public, he should not have put it online. Since he did, it is, again, 100% OK for people to link to it. That's the entire friggin purpose of a contact page!
- sillysaurus3 9y ago
  I like how I was immediately called a concern troll after saying personal swipes are unnecessary.
  - ada1981 9y ago
    It's unclear to me how or why posting a lobbyists publicly available information along with a personal opinion should be self-censored. If you don't like what he is up to, it makes perfect sense to contact him and let him know. He should be all for people communicating their opinions about his actions to him, he is after all a lobbyist.
  - gvx 9y ago
    The parent didn't call you a concern troll, though. They said "this is some top-level concern trolling". Criticizing behaviour is not the same thing as name calling or personal swipes.
    - sillysaurus3 9y ago
      "Concern troll: a person who disingenuously expresses concern about an issue with the intention of undermining or derailing genuine discussion." Yep, that's name calling. It's also poisonous to the discussion. It's not "criticizing behavior" when I wasn't doing it. More importantly, it makes for boring reading. You can see how unproductive the conversation became. But whatever. Just have thick skin, right? We can't simply expect people to be civil.