my favorite by far was the very first thread on the Snowden revelations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5830633 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=58306

my favorite by far was the very first thread on the Snowden revelations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5830633 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5830633 comment by comment you could sense the earth shattering awareness slowly setting in, or how the HN crowd suddenly went from unquestionable faith in big government to "oh lord what have we done".