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How about you let go of the hate and embrace some love instead for the work this man has put forth? I've seen enough of these threads on Hacker News to know th
by forgottenpass 12y ago
How about you let go of the hate and embrace some love instead for the work this man has put forth?
I've seen enough of these threads on Hacker News to know the answer is clearly "it's different because I don't like him."
Zed wounded a lot of egos back in the day, so calls for positivity that may otherwise work on HN are going to fail. By framing him as a "controversial figure" they attempt to create a route to hate on him that doesn't count as shit talking.
- michaelochurch 12y agoI've seen enough of these threads on Hacker News to know the answer is clearly "it's different because I don't like him." Zed wounded a lot of egos back in the day, so calls for positivity that may otherwise work on HN are going to fail. By framing him as a "controversial figure" they attempt to create a route to hate on him that doesn't count as shit talking. I don't know of anyone else in tech who's had that experience, ha.