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No, what I'm saying is that posts on HN a decade-plus ago were always very optimistic about Tesla and SpaceX. It's not like everybody here was hating on him and
by 542458 3y ago
No, what I'm saying is that posts on HN a decade-plus ago were always very optimistic about Tesla and SpaceX. It's not like everybody here was hating on him and he suddenly succeeded, people (at least on here) always saw the benefits to "The Car of the Future" or "Private Space Launches, Done Cheap".
Tesla posts pre profitability:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=317921 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=317921
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=534198 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=534198
SpaceX posts pre profitability:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=409653 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=409653
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=320362 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=320362
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=317918 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=317918
(Please excuse the low comment counts. That's not because I'm cherry-picking, old HN was just a much quieter place.)
- MR4D 3y agoAh - I misread your comment. I was thinking “posts” instead of “comments”. It seems you’re correct and that HN has generally been more positive than my recollection. I’ve been focused on the titles of posts that appeared, but of course those can be very different from the comments as you pointed out.