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I recognized the name Replit and couldn't remember why. A quick search reminded me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27424195 https://news.ycombinator.com/i

I recognized the name Replit and couldn't remember why. A quick search reminded me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27424195 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27424195

stephenjayakar 3y ago
this feels like an attempt to hive mind against anything cool from this company
- dimgl 3y ago
  +1, this is unnecessary.
  - aardshark 3y ago
    Alternatively, it's called consequences of your actions. Don't be surprised if shitty behaviour comes back to bite you.
- ibrarmalik 3y ago
  I think people are smart enough to receive extra information and do whatever they want with that.
- naillo 3y ago
  Threatening a guy for making an open source version of replit sounds pretty crummy in my eyes.
- robby_w_g 3y ago
  I think it's fair to evaluate a company's behavior before engaging in business with them. And I personally dislike persons in power abusing their position, which is why I remembered the company name almost two years later. I haven't heard of any similar behavior since then, which is a good sign. But a reputation can be a hard thing to shake. The CEO should have considered that before doing what he did.
naillo 3y ago
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- dang 3y ago
  Replit doesn't have special mod powers. A HN moderator downweighted this subthread, the same way we do any generic/indignant/offtopic subthread when we see it. That's standard HN moderation. In this case we did so less than we normally would because we moderate HN less when the topic is a YC co - see https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20moderate%20%22less%2C%20not%20more%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... for lots of past explanation.
- nl 3y ago
  I for one downvoted it and I have no relationship with Replit.
ec109685 3y ago
This founder has extreme views and full of hyperbole: https://twitter.com/amasad/status/1504092244168478728?s=20 https://twitter.com/amasad/status/1504092244168478728?s=20
- amasad 3y ago
  Is this the best you can find? not even top 10 bangers.
  - az226 3y ago
    Makes it very much seem like you were only sorry you got caught — and were actually never sorry and didn’t learn from what should have been a teachable moment. Sad.

I recognized the name Replit and couldn't remember why. A quick search reminded me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27424195 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27424195

stephenjayakar 3y ago

this feels like an attempt to hive mind against anything cool from this company

dimgl 3y ago
+1, this is unnecessary.
- aardshark 3y ago
  Alternatively, it's called consequences of your actions. Don't be surprised if shitty behaviour comes back to bite you.
ibrarmalik 3y ago
I think people are smart enough to receive extra information and do whatever they want with that.
naillo 3y ago
Threatening a guy for making an open source version of replit sounds pretty crummy in my eyes.
robby_w_g 3y ago
I think it's fair to evaluate a company's behavior before engaging in business with them. And I personally dislike persons in power abusing their position, which is why I remembered the company name almost two years later. I haven't heard of any similar behavior since then, which is a good sign. But a reputation can be a hard thing to shake. The CEO should have considered that before doing what he did.

naillo 3y ago

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dang 3y ago
Replit doesn't have special mod powers. A HN moderator downweighted this subthread, the same way we do any generic/indignant/offtopic subthread when we see it. That's standard HN moderation. In this case we did so less than we normally would because we moderate HN less when the topic is a YC co - see https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20moderate%20%22less%2C%20not%20more%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... for lots of past explanation.
nl 3y ago
I for one downvoted it and I have no relationship with Replit.

ec109685 3y ago

This founder has extreme views and full of hyperbole: https://twitter.com/amasad/status/1504092244168478728?s=20 https://twitter.com/amasad/status/1504092244168478728?s=20

amasad 3y ago
Is this the best you can find? not even top 10 bangers.
- az226 3y ago
  Makes it very much seem like you were only sorry you got caught — and were actually never sorry and didn’t learn from what should have been a teachable moment. Sad.