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I see what this comment is trying to do, but I'm not sure what the author thinks this comment is going to achieve. Many if not most hacker news links are going
by scotuswroteus 5y ago
I see what this comment is trying to do, but I'm not sure what the author thinks this comment is going to achieve. Many if not most hacker news links are going to leave someone unhappy; it is the nature of hacker news. Either a navel gazing techie is confronted, or a victim of tech myopia does not receive justice. As we know, unhappy people are more likely to leave a comment than happy ones, so if this comment is actually read by people, most people who read it, regardless of their IQ, will just dismiss it as written by someone who probably doesn't care about police accountability in any form.
As this comment will have no bearing on whether the website will have its intended effect, whether anyone uses the website, whether public records of negative interactions will spur reform, or anything else, all this comment really does is serve as a platform to shit talk the website. Now, there are definitely some websites that deserve to be called out for not achieving the effect of full scale, immediate nationwide police reform, but commenting about it on Hacker News really won't do any good.
- bawolff 5y agoThis is an obnoxious response, and the situations aren't really similar as hacker news is not generally an adversarial situation the way a cop arresting someone (rightly or wrongly) is.
- OminousWeapons 5y agoQED. I make a post alleging how angry people are more likely to leave negative comments and reviews and immediately afterwards an angry person leaves a vitriolic comment making sweeping judgements about my character without evidence just to be a dick. Is there anything you have to say about the actual points I brought up?
- hashkb 5y agoI think you misread that comment as anger; it's satire. Your response hoists you even further by your own petard.
- scotuswroteus 5y agoYou sound like an angry person leaving a vitriolic comment making sweeping judgements about my character without evidence just to be a dick