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I can summarize this article thusly: A mountebank promoting sociopathic behavior. Charming.
by alnayyir 16y ago
I can summarize this article thusly:
A mountebank promoting sociopathic behavior.
Charming.
- lionhearted 16y agoWhoever is voting this up, please stop and consider what etiquette level you'd like on the site. There's reasoned and intelligent critiques in this thread, which are good. But this alnayyir goes around and writes really venomous nasty stuff. I already asked him to cut it out after he replied 18 times in a past thread, all really nasty. Do you want the site to have members calling other members nasty names with no other substance? No? Then please vote accordingly. You'll get what you bless.
- chegra 16y agoalnayyir is kinda like an anomaly. I think he says stuff so that you extremely outrage by it or you are ardent supporter of his point. I estimate there are 10x[10 is a guess but there are significantly more] more people with upvote power than downvoting. These two points combine to make it difficult to downvote him to hell. That is why flagging is appropriate, don't just downvote, flag.
- alnayyir 16y agoTruth and decency > etiquette. I'll stick with these summaries as they're far less time consuming and often more to the point. Good luck with your 'victory'.
- lionhearted 16y ago> Truth and decency > etiquette. Not according to the guy who runs the site: "Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation. When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names." http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Good luck with your 'victory'. You know what I'm most proud of? It's that I get a chance to work hands-on with and serve a lot of people. I answer pretty much every email I get, I reach out to help people whenever I can, I look to serve, and I do cool things with good people. And yeah, my life is pretty good individually, too. So seriously, next time you feel like calling names, why don't you channel the energy into reaching out to someone to help them? Or to building something? Or maybe start your own blog, and share your insights on there? Or go build a productive business? Or contribute to a nonprofit?
- alnayyir 16y ago>"Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation. When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names." I was civil, and I was marking the post for what it was. I've gone out of my way to explain my opposition to this charlantry and instead you saw it as an opportunity to paint me as unhinged, rather than merely concerned about the community. You no longer deserve an explanation, you robbed yourself of that with your political games designed to make me look bad. You may enjoy my summaries in silence, or you can keep drawing attention to me. It's up to you. You won't get any more effort at explication out of me though, no-how. >You seem to hate me personally Not at all, you're one instance of a class of plague that furthers the disinterest and apathy of talented people in startups and entrepreneurialism. They will peruse HN or similar communities for a time, run into non-content such as you post, and run screaming. Your existence and those of your ilk serve to harm the startup industry and give the corporations more leverage to hold onto the truly good hackers. People like you have done more to make my efforts of making fellow hackers aware of opportunities in self-employment, startups, and entrepreneurialism more difficult than anything else. Worse than the global financial crisis, in terms of how often I hear a given excuse/reason, for not considering alternatives to their current jobs. I'll keep molding my bread, even if it isn't pretty.
- Jach 16y agoA mountebank? Seriously? I can see a point of view that the article is promoting sociopaths as something desirable, but a mountebank?
- alnayyir 16y agoOne of many.