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I hope this means the Hacker News community will never again promote Florian Mueller's bogus claims and FUD in here.

• anon1385 16y ago
  Discussing something is promoting it? If anything we don't like ever happens, we must not comment for fear of promoting it? When an idea we don't like or agree with is put forward, we should keep silent rather than providing a counter argument? Although I would see why you might want to limit comments on this particular story, most of the criticism has been ad hominem attacks about which companies the authors have worked for in the past (or work for now). It hasn't been a victory for rational discourse on either side.
  • Kylekramer 16y ago
    Hacker News is a site where the users control what stories are discussed. By the nature of the site, discussing something is promoting it. I see nothing wrong with trying to limit stories from sources with clear agendas backed by a history of dubious claims. Especially when there are many other stories worth of attention that get ignored.
• Pooter 16y ago
  >I hope this means the Hacker News community will never again promote Florian Mueller's bogus claims and FUD in here. Whenever someone uses the term FUD, I read it as "I have a significant emotional investment in this topic, and anyone who makes statements contrary to what I believe is by definition a heretic." Which is to say, you sound a bit goofy.
• blub 16y ago
  I hope that I can see a rational discussion about it and this includes both pro and con Android information. And I'd rather see incorrect information debunked than only seeing pro-Android topics and messages as it usually happens.