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What I'm taking away from this, and the apparent infighting and legal/cred battles in the WASM scene it had surfaced, is to stay far, far away from WASM. Also,

What I'm taking away from this, and the apparent infighting and legal/cred battles in the WASM scene it had surfaced, is to stay far, far away from WASM. Also, today I learned that staged discussions on HN are a thing, and even a practice so common it's got a nick name of "sock puppet". As if there weren't enough reasons to not follow the path of ever-increasing browser complexity, and fight to keep the web open. Though WASM, for once, wasn't a Google bomb but very much a Mozilla thing, wasn't it? Good riddance!

imgabe 6y ago
Sock puppets have been around as long as web forums. The term and practice predates Hacker News.
onion2k 6y ago
To clarify one point, "sock puppet" accounts are an internet thing, they're not specific to HN. Usually a sock puppet discussion is one person controlling multiple accounts to make it look like there are people backing up and agreeing with their point.
- Thorrez 6y ago
  Yeah, Wikipedia had a page about Wikipedia sockpuppets since 2004[1], 3 years before HN existed. Although I am quite partial to the MC Frontalot lyric about HN sockpuppets[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry&oldid=2446707 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpup... [2] https://youtu.be/Op1i0B8-dJA?t=57 https://youtu.be/Op1i0B8-dJA?t=57
- tannhaeuser 6y ago
  I guess what irritates me is not their mere existence, but their acceptance in passing among folks wanting to promote their stuff.
pjmlp 6y ago
WASM is still catching up with Flash CrossBridge from 2011. "Unreal Engine 3 Support for Adobe Flash Player - Unreal Tournament 3" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQiUP2Hd60Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQiUP2Hd60Y https://adobe-flash.github.io/crossbridge/ https://adobe-flash.github.io/crossbridge/ Luckily we are getting our plugins back, even in its present state. https://platform.uno/ https://platform.uno/ https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/aspnet/web-apps/blazor https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/aspnet/web-apps/blazor And naturally Flash and Java applets, https://www.leaningtech.com/pages/cheerpxflash.html https://www.leaningtech.com/pages/cheerpxflash.html https://www.leaningtech.com/pages/cheerpj.html https://www.leaningtech.com/pages/cheerpj.html

imgabe 6y ago

Sock puppets have been around as long as web forums. The term and practice predates Hacker News.

onion2k 6y ago

To clarify one point, "sock puppet" accounts are an internet thing, they're not specific to HN. Usually a sock puppet discussion is one person controlling multiple accounts to make it look like there are people backing up and agreeing with their point.

Thorrez 6y ago
Yeah, Wikipedia had a page about Wikipedia sockpuppets since 2004[1], 3 years before HN existed. Although I am quite partial to the MC Frontalot lyric about HN sockpuppets[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry&oldid=2446707 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpup... [2] https://youtu.be/Op1i0B8-dJA?t=57 https://youtu.be/Op1i0B8-dJA?t=57
tannhaeuser 6y ago
I guess what irritates me is not their mere existence, but their acceptance in passing among folks wanting to promote their stuff.

pjmlp 6y ago

WASM is still catching up with Flash CrossBridge from 2011. "Unreal Engine 3 Support for Adobe Flash Player - Unreal Tournament 3" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQiUP2Hd60Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQiUP2Hd60Y https://adobe-flash.github.io/crossbridge/ https://adobe-flash.github.io/crossbridge/ Luckily we are getting our plugins back, even in its present state. https://platform.uno/ https://platform.uno/ https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/aspnet/web-apps/blazor https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/aspnet/web-apps/blazor And naturally Flash and Java applets, https://www.leaningtech.com/pages/cheerpxflash.html https://www.leaningtech.com/pages/cheerpxflash.html https://www.leaningtech.com/pages/cheerpj.html https://www.leaningtech.com/pages/cheerpj.html