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I'm genuinely amazed that this drivel made the front page of HN. It's not well articulated, not substantiated by any evidence, and succumbs to common fallacies
by TAForObvReasons 9y ago
I'm genuinely amazed that this drivel made the front page of HN. It's not well articulated, not substantiated by any evidence, and succumbs to common fallacies like appeal to authority.
- marak830 9y agoPerhaps made it to highlight said drivel? I upvoted for that reason.
- flunhat 9y agoThe context here is super important - Joe Ricketts, who owns DNAInfo and Gothamist, just shut them down today entirely, firing everyone and taking all their content offline. Worth noting that this happened after employees voted to unionize. I think that's why this is getting upvoted now.
- marak830 9y agoHuh I missed that (on day 4 of a road trip atm), thanks, that makes this even more interesting.
- mercer 9y agoI think many articles make the front page not because they're good, nor because they represent a 'HN consensus', but because the discussion is interesting. I at least often find myself upvoting a link because I thought the discussion was worth upvoting. Judging by the predominantly negative comments in this thread, I think that's the case here.
- kelukelugames 9y agoFor the record, I didn't submit this because I agree with him.