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It's on Hacker News not because of the tree itself. It's on Hacker News because the Internet coverage of the tree is what made it notable enough to vandalize. M
by cestith 9y ago
It's on Hacker News not because of the tree itself. It's on Hacker News because the Internet coverage of the tree is what made it notable enough to vandalize. Many of us build the tools of an online society. We live largely within that online society, but not exclusively.
Why wouldn't we care about the acts carried out offline being influenced by our activities online?
- djrogers 9y ago> because the Internet coverage of the tree is what made it notable enough to vandalize. Interesting speculation, but trees have been vandalized for centuries...
- cestith 9y agoThat's true, but the article was about a particular tree, a famous tree, that was famous from online exposure. There's plausible speculation that this fame is why it was vandalized, but that speculation was made in the article. It doesn't require speculation about that vandalism on my part to reason about why that makes the story quite fit for HN.