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Honestly, Hacker News... What the fuck. This wasn't just reddit. We did this too. I come to HN for the intilectual stimulation and then I find this https://n

by bargl 14y ago

Honestly, Hacker News... What the fuck. This wasn't just reddit. We did this too. I come to HN for the intilectual stimulation and then I find this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5562909 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5562909 in the top thread. This disappointing me on so many levels. No it is not everyone's fault but this sort of witch hunt is wrong and I'd suggest we downvote any sensationalized idea that 4chan or any other hacker can find the one or two guilty parties through online means.

fossuser 14y ago
A lot of the comments in that thread mentioned previous examples of people being damaged from false accusations in the media. I don't think looking at the released pictures itself is a bad thing and I don't think the HN community was involved in whatever hunting happened that the article alludes to.
- bargl 14y ago
  I think if you read through the comments you'll see a LOT of witch hunting. Yes there were comments in there about how this kind of behavior was bad, but it isn't something that I want to see on the front page. I mean seriously... the front page of hacker news? I don't remember if it got to #1, but looking at it and up-voting it are two different things. We don't need that kind of smut here.
incision 14y ago
>We did this too. Not even close. I didn't [1][2] and generally don't agree with such discussion, but equating what went on here with Reddit is ridiculous. The thread you linked on HN is primarily a discussion of the history and potential impacts speculation, not actual speculation. Yes, there are exceptions, but they are just that exceptions. The situation in the now defunct /r/findbostonbombers was completely opposite with wild speculation, accusation, doxxing and everything inbetween. 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5573397 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5573397 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5573505 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5573505

by bargl 14y ago

fossuser 14y ago

A lot of the comments in that thread mentioned previous examples of people being damaged from false accusations in the media. I don't think looking at the released pictures itself is a bad thing and I don't think the HN community was involved in whatever hunting happened that the article alludes to.

bargl 14y ago
I think if you read through the comments you'll see a LOT of witch hunting. Yes there were comments in there about how this kind of behavior was bad, but it isn't something that I want to see on the front page. I mean seriously... the front page of hacker news? I don't remember if it got to #1, but looking at it and up-voting it are two different things. We don't need that kind of smut here.

incision 14y ago

>We did this too. Not even close. I didn't [1][2] and generally don't agree with such discussion, but equating what went on here with Reddit is ridiculous. The thread you linked on HN is primarily a discussion of the history and potential impacts speculation, not actual speculation. Yes, there are exceptions, but they are just that exceptions. The situation in the now defunct /r/findbostonbombers was completely opposite with wild speculation, accusation, doxxing and everything inbetween. 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5573397 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5573397 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5573505 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5573505