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Am I the only one who thinks the story is a little too perfect and ridiculous? It is much more likely that the author simply fabricated the story. He did manag
by mv 15y ago
Am I the only one who thinks the story is a little too perfect and ridiculous? It is much more likely that the author simply fabricated the story.
He did manage to start a very popular thread, and get a ton of people with really high rep to respond AND get a link on HN. He just threw out some bait, and the community swarmed like starving fish.
- SeoxyS 15y agoAnd he gains what, exactly, from doing this? Posting anonymously, he doesn't get any credit from posting the story.
- thaumaturgy 15y agoIt's called trolling. It's been done since there were bangs in people's email addresses. The modern currency for trolls is "lulz".
- ma2rten 15y agoAnd what would be the benefit?
- fungi 15y agoit's funny
- jrockway 15y agoHe just threw out some bait, and the community swarmed like starving fish. This is true of all "light" SO/SF posts. Nobody gets excited about answering someone's obscure apt-get question. Everyone gets excited when they can spend their boring workday telling some dude that his security consultant is fucking him. It's the same reason people read "People Magazine" instead of "Purely Functional Data Structures".