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People here don’t seem to be convinced. There’s a good amount of defense in this letter, so I get it, and it could have been framed better, but ultimately it se
by azinman2 6y ago
People here don’t seem to be convinced. There’s a good amount of defense in this letter, so I get it, and it could have been framed better, but ultimately it seems like they learned a valuable lesson and have value to add, so why not let people learn from mistakes and move on? They’ve already been publicly shamed…
- sideshowb 6y agoReading this thread I am saddened to see hn apparently conform to the law of maximum offence. We see the least charitable explanation for everything said in the apology because outrage gets upvotes.
- rcxdude 6y agoI agree. This is what I would expect from twitter. I would have hoped HN could manage to be better.
- davidgerard 6y agothere's "assume good faith", and then there's "assume good faith of someone with a documented record of bad faith." The present case is the second. Assuming good faith in this apology is not sensible in the face of the existing evidence. Their goal seems to have been to generate a paper, and they haven't withdrawn that paper.