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Classic Hacker News any more - top comment is a cynic. Even if this isn't true, what would the point be for lying? And what really is the harm done?
by rtrunck 14y ago
Classic Hacker News any more - top comment is a cynic. Even if this isn't true, what would the point be for lying? And what really is the harm done?
- newbie12 14y agoNot a cynic, a skeptic. And that's pud, who's a pretty major hacker.
- rdl 14y agoAlso pretty major cynic, I mean he ran "fuckedcompany" which was essentially schadenfreude central.
- shimshimshabim 14y agoI, for one, pretty majorly don't give a shit.
- zecho 14y agoOh so that explains why it's the top comment on an otherwise benign post. He's a pretty major hacker, whatever that means, so people just upvote him because of that?
- kajecounterhack 14y agoPeople upvote him because they trust him. He's got a track record of being reasonable.
- hnriot 14y agoAttention seeking obviously. That's the point why the op made it up. There's no harm done, except wasting a bunch of people's time.
- koide 14y agoWhy the story being untrue makes it a waste of time for everybody?
- mich41 14y agoGet traffic, make the author look good, make Apple look good, ???, profit. C'mon.
- mwcampbell 14y agoI think the top comment should always be a contrary response to the original post. In this case, skepticism is appropriate.