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I said he copied, not stole. In terms of timeline... here is him commenting on my the shown HN post I made https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=38328305 ht

I said he copied, not stole. In terms of timeline... here is him commenting on my the shown HN post I made https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=38328305 https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=38328305 here is his days later https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=38398571 https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=38398571

laborcontract 3y ago
If it's any consolation to you, I have a very oddly specific memory about this. I didn't follow any drama or didn't know that there was drama. But I do remember your original post and then seeing the second post a few days later thinking, “wait, why is this being so highly upvoted when we all front-paged this a few days ago?”
- rKarpinski 3y ago
  haha thanks. And I documented it all in the blog post I wrote way back when [1] there really isn't any question about timeline or if it was inspired. At the end of the day, it was a silly project I built and I got 20k users! It didn't feel great to be copied and have them get 15x more traction. Whatever the thoughts are around that... the reason I posted today was the relevancy to the parent extension because within weeks they tried to (or did) sell the extension's user base (presumably to bad actors). I had no idea how shady the extension world was before this, and I'm much more conservative about which ones I'll install now. [1] https://github.com/rkk3/ad-accelerator/blob/main/lessons_post.md#what-is-property--pierre-joseph-proudhon https://github.com/rkk3/ad-accelerator/blob/main/lessons_pos...
  - laborcontract 3y ago
    I also think the right conclusion to take from this is that the validation you've seen in just this one side project of yours should encourage you to be more open and sharing of those ideas. Now you at least know what the next steps are from there, and how aggressively you should pursue those steps. Ive been ripped off in the past. While it doesn't feel great, it should fuel the irrational confidence part of you.
thrdbndndn 3y ago
I totally can see that he copied your idea, and why you're frustrated. But at the end of the day it's a simple idea and script. Can't really see what you can get from it, if they even wrote the actual code themselves. Considering your previous post was already months ago and was flagged [1], I'd say let it go. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38452968 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38452968
- yard2010 3y ago
  I don't know what's worse, acting in such an immoral way or justifying and legitimizing this kind of behavior..
  - prmoustache 3y ago
    There are many software that have the very same goal/usage. How is it immoral to build something similar of your own? Are you saying microsoft should have never been allowed to release Microsoft Word because Wordstar (and possibly other similar software) already existed? Are wheel manufacturers all immoral for making wheels while we should still use the original wheel made of stone or wood[1] from the original author? [1] I honestly don't know which came first but I would say carved stone
    - fuckingkike 3y ago
      [dead]
- rKarpinski 3y ago
  I thought it was relevant to share in this discussion, since they likely sold the extension to someone who turned it into bloat/ad/spy/mal ware. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ad-speedup-skip-video-ads/pcjlckhhhmlefmobnnoolakplfppdchi/reviews https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ad-speedup-skip-vid...

laborcontract 3y ago

If it's any consolation to you, I have a very oddly specific memory about this. I didn't follow any drama or didn't know that there was drama. But I do remember your original post and then seeing the second post a few days later thinking, “wait, why is this being so highly upvoted when we all front-paged this a few days ago?”

rKarpinski 3y ago
haha thanks. And I documented it all in the blog post I wrote way back when [1] there really isn't any question about timeline or if it was inspired. At the end of the day, it was a silly project I built and I got 20k users! It didn't feel great to be copied and have them get 15x more traction. Whatever the thoughts are around that... the reason I posted today was the relevancy to the parent extension because within weeks they tried to (or did) sell the extension's user base (presumably to bad actors). I had no idea how shady the extension world was before this, and I'm much more conservative about which ones I'll install now. [1] https://github.com/rkk3/ad-accelerator/blob/main/lessons_post.md#what-is-property--pierre-joseph-proudhon https://github.com/rkk3/ad-accelerator/blob/main/lessons_pos...
- laborcontract 3y ago
  I also think the right conclusion to take from this is that the validation you've seen in just this one side project of yours should encourage you to be more open and sharing of those ideas. Now you at least know what the next steps are from there, and how aggressively you should pursue those steps. Ive been ripped off in the past. While it doesn't feel great, it should fuel the irrational confidence part of you.

thrdbndndn 3y ago

I totally can see that he copied your idea, and why you're frustrated. But at the end of the day it's a simple idea and script. Can't really see what you can get from it, if they even wrote the actual code themselves. Considering your previous post was already months ago and was flagged [1], I'd say let it go. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38452968 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38452968

yard2010 3y ago
I don't know what's worse, acting in such an immoral way or justifying and legitimizing this kind of behavior..
- prmoustache 3y ago
  There are many software that have the very same goal/usage. How is it immoral to build something similar of your own? Are you saying microsoft should have never been allowed to release Microsoft Word because Wordstar (and possibly other similar software) already existed? Are wheel manufacturers all immoral for making wheels while we should still use the original wheel made of stone or wood[1] from the original author? [1] I honestly don't know which came first but I would say carved stone
  - fuckingkike 3y ago
    [dead]
rKarpinski 3y ago
I thought it was relevant to share in this discussion, since they likely sold the extension to someone who turned it into bloat/ad/spy/mal ware. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ad-speedup-skip-video-ads/pcjlckhhhmlefmobnnoolakplfppdchi/reviews https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ad-speedup-skip-vid...