The circularity of this meme is funny to me, even if the article is fundamentally true: This article is very very popular on hackernews, indicating that people

The circularity of this meme is funny to me, even if the article is fundamentally true: This article is very very popular on hackernews, indicating that people agree that google search results are bad. What sources does the author draw from? He cites opinions from, among other places, Hackernews and Paul Graham. "Find an opinion popular on hackernews, restate it in a blog post, refer to previous discussion on hackernews as evidence" may be a lucrative strategy for accruing internet points!