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I think you're right, not essentially because YC is a privately-funded service, but because their sense is that the majority of their users enjoy expressing the
by pmdulaney 5mo ago
I think you're right, not essentially because YC is a privately-funded service, but because their sense is that the majority of their users enjoy expressing their disapproval of those with whom they disagree.
- bigyabai 5mo agoThe fundamental reason why you're not entitled to free speech is because HN is not public property. You can manufacture whatever kind of persecution complex you want, I don't care.
- pmdulaney 5mo agoI'm not talking about a legal entitlement, hence ethos, not right. You know, just common courtesy -- the kind that resists the temptation to throw around accusations of "persecution complex". But perhaps the concept is foreign to your kind if thinking.