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Meh; I don't think people need to declare all their motivations, (possible) conflict of interests, long-term plans for the community, and so forth before commen

• neilv 3y ago
  > # Establishing your credentials by lying > [...] So, the first move was to convince them that I am in fact a landlord 2. > So, when the question was posed “do you own a property?” when I applied to join the group, I chose a random 2-flat at the other end of my street and said “yes”. > 2. Once again, I am not a landlord. > # Asking Questions to get your name out there > When I was still new in the groups, I asked some questions about common landlord issues to win cheap interactions. Please don't be a lying manipulator. Just as importantly, don't advocate and normalize it for everyone else. Presumably, most kids through new grads don't realize that tech became a go-to career for those upper-middle who don't value ethics, when that became the easy money. You don't want the impressionable young people thinking that being a lying manipulator is what people should do. Venues like HN and blog posts will significantly influence some of them.