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Although I completely agree that Valve should be held accountable, this is an abuse of HN and I would rather see the post and new accounts removed, so we can st
by sgc 4y ago
Although I completely agree that Valve should be held accountable, this is an abuse of HN and I would rather see the post and new accounts removed, so we can start over correctly.
- KennyBlanken 4y agoYou realize you're on a platform where moderators can arbitrarily boost or suppress a submission by adding or subtracting a large number of points? You realize that companies ranging from small startups to GitHub run bots that scan for posts related to their companies and have staff manuals on coordinating a response on social media, including HN? Whether you realize it or not, likely every post about a company/product on HN is being manipulated and/or full of astroturfers. Have you noticed that blog posts by a random startup nobody has heard of will get decently upvoted, just enough to stay on the first page for ~12 hours, despite there not really being anything novel or interesting about the post? A great example would be "securing SSH" posts that are just a half-assed re-write of an open source project's guide, where the 'author' didn't even bother to re-order tips. Have you noticed that signing up for an account doesn't require a pulse? No captcha, no email verification, nothin'. Have you noticed that this is a forum run by a venture capitalist firm? Ask yourself what their motivation is for keeping something like this running. If you think it's altruism...have you met a SV VCer?