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None of this is false, but none of this is new information, either. Watchdogs have been saying all of this for years.
by fortythirteen 9y ago
None of this is false, but none of this is new information, either. Watchdogs have been saying all of this for years.
- bjelkeman-again 9y agoBut because you/I/we know does not mean that everyone knows. For a lot of people what is being lres3nted is not clear even though some have heard something about it previously. This is something media channels pick up on and push the stories when there is interest.
- netsharc 9y agoSo... it's not a problem? This feels like responding "Of course Harvey Weinstein's been creepy to young women, people has been saying he's creepy for years."...
- throwaway2048 9y agoLoving this rhetorical flipover on HN from "nobody cares about ad companies being scumbags" to "its old everyone already knows about it, why is it such a big issue now"
- projektir 9y agoI question the benefit of the "none of this is new" response. I don't really see what it ever adds to any conversation.