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If you remember Altmans coup, which was branded as a board coup against him, there were a lot of supporters here on HN trying to manufacture consent.
by rightbyte 2y ago
If you remember Altmans coup, which was branded as a board coup against him, there were a lot of supporters here on HN trying to manufacture consent.
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- benreesman 2y agoI know. When I said he’s feared here I didn’t mean by everyone, and by me never. It sounds like you also refuse to live in fear of the goblin child of pg’s overconfidence in the joint character estimation of himself and Jessica and pg’s sloppy personal entanglements writ large as de facto public policy. Almost no one thinks this is ok. A plurality if not a majority is still willing to co-sign because of various pressures.
- tim333 2y agoI was mildly suportive of Altman. I guess I was wrong.
- benreesman 2y agoA lot of very smart people acting in good faith had that investment in the benefit of the doubt betrayed, and for an eminently relatable reason: historically trustworthy figures stopped declaring their conflicts of interest at some point and thereby became exploiters of those who respected their judgement. The real test is who carries on now that the lupine avarice has been utterly unmasked.
- dang 2y agoThat's just a function of the HN community having a range of opinions on every topic. "Manufacture consent" is too sledgehammer a phrase for the normal process of people discussing things.