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I wonder how many commenters were just parroting what they had heard about him. I get the feeling it's not uncommon for negativity about someone to be amplified

by ziml77 6y ago

I wonder how many commenters were just parroting what they had heard about him. I get the feeling it's not uncommon for negativity about someone to be amplified by people doing that. With enough comments saying the same thing, it's easy to believe it's true. Personally I never participated in spreading that, but I absolutely was swayed by the negative comments to avoid touching Calibre. I already find myself fact-checking a lot of things given how much bullshit people spread, but I guess I have to step that up and be more wary about what people say here (I've been more trusting of things on HN than on sites like Twitter).

barkingcat 6y ago
Remember this idea whenever you see people online talking about other open source projects. 9/10 people are doing exactly this: parroting what they heard with no research done. Especially on hacker news, remember this idea so the next time you enter a thread, you won't be the one parroting things you heard from other people. Calibre itself is awesome. I've been using it for over 10 years and it's a testament to its software excellence (which reflects on its owner/creator) that it's still an excellent and useful piece of software.