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This guy has a decade plus vendetta against Facebook [0] and posts in all these threads. While I respect that, I wouldn't read too much into this comment. [0]
by TechBro8615 4y ago
This guy has a decade plus vendetta against Facebook [0] and posts in all these threads. While I respect that, I wouldn't read too much into this comment.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3029872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3029872
- 93po 4y agoHaving a strong opinion you're willing to advocate for doesn't make the opinion any less valid in my book
- throwayyy479087 4y agoQuite the opposite
- Koshkin 4y agoYet, "this guy"'s comment was an interesting read, while yours was not.
- TigeriusKirk 4y ago"I have a lot of info on this and more will come out in the coming weeks and months" is no more interesting to me than a typical 4chan larp post.
- softfalcon 4y agoI read the comment you linked. They seem to be eloquent and have good reason to dislike Facebook. Other commenters seem to agree with their views as well. I’m not sure what your intention is here, but this makes it feel like you’re taking a stance FOR Facebook/Meta and trying to discount numair’s feelings about FB which seem valid. This reads like a bot/paid commenter trying to de-legitimize real and honest discussion about the topic at hand.
- TechBro8615 4y agoI just noticed his username because I’ve seen it so often in these threads about Facebook. And it seems dishonest for him to level accusations while carefully wording his comment to sound like an insider. I posted the link for context. FWIW I agree with him on most points, and I’ve just sent traffic to his 10 year old post disparaging Facebook, so if I’m a paid shill I’m pretty bad at it.
- softfalcon 4y agoYeah, I do agree the “insider” take did come across as unnecessary to make their points and does seem odd. Also, a HN mod requested I didn’t make the comments I did about you. Seems like a valid rule and my comment didn’t really add to the discussion, so sorry about that as well.
- TechBro8615 4y agoNo worries! It was my first time being called a paid shill for Facebook, which I found quite amusing anyway :D
- softfalcon 4y agoYeah, in retrospect, even wondering if that’s true about someone is pretty insulting. So again, sorry about that. Glad you’re the kind of person to laugh it off, you seem like cool people.
- pvg 4y agoPlease don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- MichaelCollins 4y agoPointing out a decade long track record of being right is a strange way of trying to discredit somebody.
- TechBro8615 4y agoPosting a comment deliberately constructed to sound like an insider revealing information is dishonest. And I even agree with him. I just thought his speculation needed some context.
- wmeredith 4y agoBahaha. This is an excellent take.
- reidjs 4y agoIf more people do what he’s doing (rally against evil corps) the world might be a better place
- whimsicalism 4y agoIt's funny that so much ire is directed at tech companies when I think there are a number of other companies that could be critiqued for much worse behavior.
- barbazoo 4y agoWhataboutism, other companies are criticized just as much or even more than FB. One can care about multiple things at the same time.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoAh yes, the "but we're not Exxon" defense. You know things are bad when you have to stoop this low.
- whimsicalism 4y agoExxon? I think any company that employs a size-able number of service workers is almost certainly doing things more impermissible than FB/Meta. Many of the critiques that people have of FB are just critiques of what happen when large groups of people communicate online. If that's what people have issue with, I wish they would flag it.
- int_19h 4y agoHere, at least, most of us are in the tech industry, so ire directed at tech companies is us collectively trying to get our house in order first.