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If you didn't know, I don't blame you, and I hope I didn't offend you too badly. At one time, long ago, before HN got popular, everyone around here knew who RTM
by jcr 14y ago
If you didn't know, I don't blame you, and I hope I didn't offend you
too badly. At one time, long ago, before HN got popular, everyone around
here knew who RTM is and knew he is one of the people responsible for
giving HN to all of us.
These days, it seems most people don't realize that RTM is the "man
behind the curtain" -- the real wizard pulling all the levers to make HN
work. Sadly, some of those who do know of his efforts and involvement
here act like jerks. They repeatedly bring up that one controversial
thing he did a long time ago because it's excellent vote-bait, and they
ignore all of the more amazing things he's done.
If someone showed up at your party at your house with your friends and
repeatedly talked crap about the one controversial and possibly
embarrassing thing you did eons ago in your reckless youth, then you'd
not only want to throw them out, but you'd probably want to kick their
ass. Even if you're too nice, reasonable, and civilized to actually kick
their ass, you'd still want to do it.
You didn't know, but the repeated submissions about the Morris worm, and
all the people up-voting them are being extremely inconsiderate and
disrespectful. Maybe some people are envious of his success and are
trying to take him down a notch by embarrassing him in his own house?
It's a truly legendary hack, and I giggled my ass off when it happened,
but it's not "news," so why are so many people continuously reposting
and up-voting it on a news site?
It's happened repeatedly, so can you really blame me for being skeptical
of the real intent?
- emhart 14y agoOh, I don't blame you at all! I really did want to be clear in my intent, not trying to knock you down a notch or anything, either. The example about inviting people to a party only to overhear conversations about your controversial/embarrassing "thing" strikes home for me, as I have some recent experience with that. Thanks for taking the time to reply with details, by the way. I appreciate it.