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How is that greenwashing? Those are private individuals, not corporations.

by moooo99 6y ago

spuz 6y ago
He is saying that it may or may not be greenwashing if that's the take you want to have but either way it's not relevant to Hacker News. Not sure whether I agree or not, just trying to explain the parent comment.
- Kiro 6y ago
  Pretty sure parent thinks this is Reddit investors (as actual investors in the company, VCs etc) randomly funding a charity project, which I would agree could be a PR piece. What's actually happening cannot be greenwashing by the definition of the term.
pelasaco 6y ago
One could interpret it as greenwashing for sure. Like who dares to act like a reddit community of people helping cute gorillas? IMO that's exactly the kind of tension that they want to create. Transforming it in a meme, would be the superhero sweating, having to decide between button A (Save Wallstreet) or button B (Save the cute Gorillas)
- skohan 6y ago
  > that's exactly the kind of tension that they want to create Who's the "they" referring to in this sentence? We're talking about an online forum where people don't know eachother's names for the most part. It's a community known for reckless spending in the pursuit of humor. I see no reason to believe this is anything other than an action that a particular user took in an effort to be funny catching on and becoming a meme. There's no PR firm planning their actions in a centralized way.
  - pelasaco 6y ago
    They = community of people. Are you assuming that none know each other and there is no personal communication among them? Because that's not the case. From their own description "Like 4chan found a bloomberg terminal", and many similar actions were well coordinated from 4chan users
    - skohan 6y ago
      I'm sorry but this seems paranoid to me. Where exactly do you think is the smoke filled room where the "leadership" is planning a PR campaign against hedge funds?

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How is that greenwashing? Those are private individuals, not corporations.

by moooo99 6y ago

How is that greenwashing? Those are private individuals, not corporations.

spuz 6y ago
He is saying that it may or may not be greenwashing if that's the take you want to have but either way it's not relevant to Hacker News. Not sure whether I agree or not, just trying to explain the parent comment.
- Kiro 6y ago
  Pretty sure parent thinks this is Reddit investors (as actual investors in the company, VCs etc) randomly funding a charity project, which I would agree could be a PR piece. What's actually happening cannot be greenwashing by the definition of the term.
pelasaco 6y ago
One could interpret it as greenwashing for sure. Like who dares to act like a reddit community of people helping cute gorillas? IMO that's exactly the kind of tension that they want to create. Transforming it in a meme, would be the superhero sweating, having to decide between button A (Save Wallstreet) or button B (Save the cute Gorillas)
- skohan 6y ago
  > that's exactly the kind of tension that they want to create Who's the "they" referring to in this sentence? We're talking about an online forum where people don't know eachother's names for the most part. It's a community known for reckless spending in the pursuit of humor. I see no reason to believe this is anything other than an action that a particular user took in an effort to be funny catching on and becoming a meme. There's no PR firm planning their actions in a centralized way.
  - pelasaco 6y ago
    They = community of people. Are you assuming that none know each other and there is no personal communication among them? Because that's not the case. From their own description "Like 4chan found a bloomberg terminal", and many similar actions were well coordinated from 4chan users
    - skohan 6y ago
      I'm sorry but this seems paranoid to me. Where exactly do you think is the smoke filled room where the "leadership" is planning a PR campaign against hedge funds?