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It's not ignorance, they know full well what they are doing, generating traffic for their site.
by angrycoder 15y ago
It's not ignorance, they know full well what they are doing, generating traffic for their site.
- Confusion 15y agoHanlon's razor[1]. They may very well believe that what they are writing is true. Most people don't engage in dishonesty easily, but they are quick to fool themselves into believing they aren't being dishonest. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlons_razor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlons_razor
- angrycoder 15y agoAngrycoder's razor: most people are assholes and will do anything to make a buck.
- delta1 15y agoIt appears you are missing an apostrophe, I think I found it :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor
- Confusion 15y agoThanks. It's weird though: I'm sure I copied the url and didn't edit it.
- JonnieCache 15y agoIt's part of the HN comment-formatting parser. It often seems to happen with wikipedia URLs in particular, most sites just take apostrophes and such out. The solution as shown by delta1 is to escape it.
- aidenn0 15y agoHanlon's Razor really should only be applied when you don't have other evidence. In the case of tech crunch, I'm fairly well convinced that they will take any news event in the most sensationalist light possible, regardless of their knowledge of the facts.
- adavies42 15y agoclarke-hanlon: any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.