Quick correction: > spend a couple days on HN telling people they shouldn't be mad about it. It was actually a only a couple of hours and a few (very inflamma

Quick correction: > spend a couple days on HN telling people they shouldn't be mad about it. It was actually a only a couple of hours and a few (very inflammatory and highly downvoted) comments, near the beginning of the thread, and then radio silence as the fire raged on. I think that he took a step back and began reconsidering after realizing that his comments weren’t helping any, but because they were the only thing he said in that thread and a lot of discussion was focused on them it seemed like a lot more activity than it really was. (Not that this excuses anything, but I think it’s important to be clear about what happened.)