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I understand technology, and I'm pretty skeezed out by their use of Etags... Also, if they truly think they're innocent, why wouldn't they just educate their u

by jforman 15y ago

I understand technology, and I'm pretty skeezed out by their use of Etags... Also, if they truly think they're innocent, why wouldn't they just educate their userbase? Seems odd to make such drastic architectural changes just because of a perceptual problem.

dangrossman 15y ago
Their userbase is not who's suing them.
danielharan 15y ago
> why wouldn't they just educate their userbase? < If you were competing against better funded companies - one of which may be behind these lawsuits (hey, this is business) - how much time would you spend educating? Wouldn't you rather just be selling and making money?
- gyardley 15y ago
  No need for conspiracy theories - other companies have nothing to do with it. One law firm in particular is behind this lawsuit. This type of thing is their bread and butter.
  - ericd 15y ago
    Which one?
jedberg 15y ago
Ah, but it is all about perception. The same thing happened at reddit a few times. The mob decided someone was guilty, we investigated, found absolutely no wrongdoing. Told the community, they didn't care. They would only be happy with swift, visible action.
- jforman 15y ago
  Comparing the relatively thoughtful discussion on this topic among the web development community to the reddit mob is not particularly fair or accurate.
  - jedberg 15y ago
    I would have to say you're naive for thinking the two are much different. Any group, no matter how civil and educated, can dislove pretty quickly into mob mentality.
    - jforman 15y ago
      Your cynicism is not well borne out on this message board.
      - ericd 15y ago
        This board is a very rare exception on the internet, and even it descends into its own form of lynch mobbery (with a more elevated tone than most lynch mobs).