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> Please quit giving ESR a platform when it's quite clear he really sucks as a programmer. I am not sure this post complies with Hacker News guidelines.
by outworlder 8y ago
> Please quit giving ESR a platform when it's quite clear he really sucks as a programmer.
I am not sure this post complies with Hacker News guidelines.
- DonHopkins 8y agoA better reason not to give ESR a platform is that his racism doesn't comply with Hacker News guidelines.
- bsder 8y agoWhy? An assessment of technical competence/relevance seems to be a cornerstone of the upvote/downvote system on HN. I find ESR to be ferociously overrated from a technical standpoint and resent the fact that he absorbs oxygen from people far more talented but far less "adept" at self-promotion. In addition, the "technical" ideas that he promulgates occasionally have to be actively undone by those with stronger technical chops. Why does verbalizing this run afoul?